Unscramble dropping

Definition of dropping

adjective:

• coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs", "falling rain". Synonyms: falling.

verb:

• let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes". Synonyms: drop.
• to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets". Synonyms: drop.
• go down in value; "Stock prices dropped". Synonyms: drop.
• fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees". Synonyms: drop, drop down, sink.
• terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket". Synonyms: drop.
• utter with seeming casualness; ; drop names"; "drop a hint". Synonyms: drop.
• stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit", "knock it off!". Synonyms: drop, knock off.
• leave or unload; "unload the cargo", "drop off the passengers at the hotel". Synonyms: discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload.
• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree", "Lightning struck down the hikers". Synonyms: cut down, drop, fell, strike down.
• lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13". Synonyms: drop.
• pay out; "spend money". Synonyms: drop, expend, spend.
• lower the pitch of (musical notes). Synonyms: drop, flatten. Antonyms: sharpen.
• hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree", "The light dropped from the ceiling". Synonyms: dangle, drop, swing.
• stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock". Synonyms: dismiss, drop, send away, send packing.
• let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture". Synonyms: dribble, drip, drop.
• get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss", "shed your clothes". Synonyms: cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off.
• take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; "She dropped acid when she was a teenager". Synonyms: drop.
• omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing; " New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's". Synonyms: drop.
• leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?", "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten". Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit. Antonyms: attend to.
• change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon". Synonyms: drop.
• fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop". Synonyms: drop.
• grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated", "Conditions in the slums degenerated", "The discussion devolved into a shouting match". Synonyms: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop. Antonyms: recuperate.
• give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning". Synonyms: drop.

Related words

abscise, afford, autotomise, autotomize, blow, commit, consume, cut, decline, deplete, droop, dump, eat, economise, economize, exfoliate, exhaust, exuviate, fade, fatigue, flag, flump, forget, hang, invest, jade, jump, languish, log, loll, lumber, misspend, molt, moult, pall, piddle, place, plop, plummet, plump, plunge, poleax, poleaxe, put, rot, sag, save, shed, sink, skip, slough, slump, squander, swag, tire, trifle, tumble, underspend, wanton, ware, waste, weary, wharf.

Words nearby

dripping, drooping, droppings.

Rhymes with

mopping, popping, shopping, sopping, stopping, topping, whopping, whopping.