dropping

Meaning of dropping

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. let or make (something) fall vertically.
    the fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette
    they dropped bombs on Caen during the raid
  2. fall vertically.
    the spoon dropped with a clatter from her hand
  3. make or become lower, weaker, or less.
    he dropped his voice as she came into the room
    pre-tax profits dropped by 37 per cent
    tourism has dropped off in the last few years
  4. abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study).
    the charges against him were dropped last year
  5. set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else.
    his mum dropped him outside and drove off to work
    he dropped the load off at a dealer's
  6. (in sport) fail to win (a point or a match).
    the club have yet to drop a point in the Second Division
  7. be forced to play (a relatively high card) as a loser under an opponent's higher card, because it is the only card in its suit held in the hand.
    East drops the 10 on the second round

Old English dropa (noun), droppian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Tropfen ‘a drop’, tropfen ‘to drip’, also to drip and droop.

Information about dropping

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of dropping is: droppings.
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Hyphenation of dropping

drop-ping

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • dropping is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

dropping synonyms

Meaning falling:

falling

Meaning allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free:

release

Meaning release (someone) from one's grasp:

unhand

Meaning voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:

relinquish

Meaning move to or place in a particular position:

put

Meaning put in a particular position:

place

Meaning cease work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength:

rest

Meaning put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place:

deposit

Meaning (of the sun, moon, or another celestial body) appear to move towards and below the earth's horizon as the earth rotates:

set

Meaning put (something) down gently or carefully:

lay

Meaning abandon (a spouse or partner):

leave

Meaning resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem):

settle

Meaning push (someone or something) roughly:

shove

Meaning a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree:

stick

Meaning put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way:

position

Meaning put in or assign to a specified place for a particular purpose, especially a military one:

station

Meaning put or move (something) somewhere quickly:

pop

Meaning set down heavily or carelessly:

plonk

Meaning let fall or be so wet as to shed small drops of liquid:

drip

Meaning move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control:

fall

Meaning (of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream:

dribble

Meaning (of a liquid) flow in a small stream:

trickle

Meaning rain lightly:

drizzle

Meaning (of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream:

flow

Meaning move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time:

run

Meaning fall or cause to fall with a plop:

plop

Meaning (of a container or covering) accidentally lose or admit contents, especially liquid or gas, through a hole or crack:

leak

Meaning move or fall downwards:

descend

Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:

sink

Meaning fall suddenly and uncontrollably:

plunge

Meaning fall or drop straight down at high speed:

plummet

Meaning plunge head first into water with one's arms raised over one's head:

dive

Meaning deteriorate suddenly and dramatically:

nosedive

Meaning fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong:

tumble

Meaning set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch:

pitch

Meaning undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount:

slump

Meaning make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree:

decrease

Meaning make or become less; diminish:

lessen

Meaning make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:

reduce

Meaning make or become less:

diminish

Meaning diminish in value over a period of time:

depreciate

Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:

decline

Meaning diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength:

dwindle

Meaning decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place:

cancel

Meaning stop making (a particular product):

discontinue

Meaning come or bring to a final point; finish:

end

Meaning (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen:

stop

Meaning come or bring to an end:

cease

Meaning bring or come to an abrupt stop:

halt

Meaning bring to an end:

terminate

Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:

abandon

Meaning go without (something desirable):

forgo

Meaning stop or discontinue (an action or activity):

quit

Meaning become unable to find (something or someone):

lose

Meaning admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it:

concede

dropping antonyms

Meaning raise to a higher position or level:

lift

Meaning move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up:

rise

Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:

increase

Meaning persist in an activity or process:

continue

Meaning be successful or victorious in (a contest or conflict):

win

Words that rhyme with dropping

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