| drop | (noun) the act of dropping something | - |
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| (noun) a central depository where things can be left or picked up | - |
| (noun) a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery | Synonyms: drop cloth, drop curtain |
| (noun) a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity | Synonyms: dip, fall, free fall |
| (noun) a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity | Synonyms: fall |
| (noun) a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) | - |
| (noun) a steep high face of rock | Synonyms: cliff, drop-off |
| (noun) a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) | Synonyms: drib, driblet |
| (noun) a shape that is spherical and small | Synonyms: bead, pearl |
| dropkick | (noun) (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground | - |
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| dropkicker | (noun) a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground | - |
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| droplet | (noun) a tiny drop | - |
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| dropline | (noun) a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right | Synonyms: drop line, stagger head, staggered head, stephead, stepped line |
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| dropout | (noun) someone who quits school before graduation | - |
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| (noun) someone who withdraws from a social group or environment | - |
| dropper | (noun) pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time | Synonyms: eye dropper |
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| droppings | (noun) fecal matter of animals | Synonyms: dung, muck |
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| dropseed | (noun) a grass of the genus Sporobolus | Synonyms: drop-seed |
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| dropsy | (noun) swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities | Synonyms: edema, hydrops, oedema |
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