# drop

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɹɒp/ · frequency rank #1,103

## Definitions
1. A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
2. A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
3. A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
4. A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
5. A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
6. A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
7. A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
8. That which hangs or resembles a liquid globule, such as a hanging diamond earring or ornament, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
9. That which hangs or resembles a liquid globule, such as a hanging diamond earring or ornament, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
10. A thing which drops or hangs down.
11. A thing which drops or hangs down.
12. A thing which drops or hangs down.
13. A thing which drops or hangs down.
14. A thing which drops or hangs down.
15. A thing which drops or hangs down.
16. A thing which drops or hangs down.
17. A thing which drops or hangs down.
18. A thing which drops or hangs down.
19. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
20. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
21. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
22. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
23. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
24. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
25. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
26. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
27. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
28. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
29. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
30. An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
31. A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
32. A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
33. A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
34. The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
35. The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
36. The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
37. The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
38. The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
39. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
40. Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
41. A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
42. Licorice in confectionery form.
43. An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
44. A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *dropōn
Old English dropian
Middle English droppen
Proto-Indo-European *dʰrbʰ-néh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ-
Proto-Germanic *dreupaną
Proto-Germanic *druppōną
Proto-Germanic *drupô
Proto-West Germanic *dropō
Old English dropa
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Middle English droppen
Middle English drope
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Middle English droppen
Middle English droppe
English drop
From Late Middle English droppe, Middle English drope (“small quantity of liquid; small or least amount of something; pendant jewel; dripping of a liquid; a shower; nasal flow, catarrh; speck, spot; blemish; disease causing spots on the skin”) [and other forms], from Old English dropa (“a drop”), from Proto-West Germanic *dropō (“drop (of liquid)”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop (of liquid)”),, from *dreupaną (“to drip, droop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to drip, drop”).
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Droupe, Druppe (“drop”), Dutch drop, drup (“droplet”), German Tropfen (“drop”), German Low German Drüpp (“drop”), Luxembourgish Drëps (“drop”), Vilamovian tropa, troppa (“drop”), Yiddish טראָפּן (tropn, “drop”), Danish dråbe (“drop”), Faroese and Icelandic dropi (“drop”), Norwegian Bokmål dråpe (“drop”), Norwegian Nynorsk drope, dråpå (“drop”), Swedish droppe (“drop”).

## Easily confused with
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-dry)
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-duo)
- **dup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-dup)
- **DSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-dsp)
- **Dru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-dru)
- **DWP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-dwp)
- **drug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-drug)
- **drum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-drum)
- **dump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-dump)
- **drove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-drove)
- **drops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-drops)
- **drown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drop-vs-drown)
- **do** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/do-vs-drop)
- **Dr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dr-vs-drop)
- **DP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dp-vs-drop)
- **dog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dog-vs-drop)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/don-vs-drop)
- **doc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doc-vs-drop)
- **dip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dip-vs-drop)
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dot-vs-drop)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ddrop`, `dorp`, `dropp`, `drpo`, `drrop`, `rdop`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/drop