drop goal noun (rugby)

A goal secured by a drop kick

dropˈ-hammˈer or dropˈ-press noun

A swaging, stamping or forging machine

drop handlebars plural noun

Bicycle handlebars that curve downwards

dropˈhead coupé noun

A car whose top can be opened

dropˈ-in adjective see drop in below.

drop kick noun

1. A kick made when the ball rebounds from the ground after dropping from the hand (rugby)
2. A kick made by both feet while jumping in the air (wrestling)

dropˈ-kick transitive verb

dropˈ-leaf adjective

(of a desk or table) with a hinged leaf (or leaves) which can be raised or dropped to horizontal position, but lies vertical when not in use

dropˈ-lettˈer noun (old US)

A letter left at a post office merely for local delivery

drop lock or dropˈlock loan noun (finance)

A bank loan for which interest rates vary with the market, but if the long-term interest rates fall to a specified level it is converted to a fixed-rate long-term bond

dropˈ-net noun

A net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish

dropˈ-off see drop off below.

dropˈout noun

1. A drop kick taken following the defender's touchdown (rugby)
2. A person who has withdrawn from an academic course or from conventional society
3. A patch that fails to record data on a magnetic tape (computing)
4. Failure to reproduce sound from an audio tape or disk due to mechanical interference

droppˈing-well noun (figurative in Tennyson)

A well supplied by water falling in drops from above

dropˈ-ripe adjective

So ripe as to be ready to drop from the tree

dropˈ-scene noun

A drop-curtain (see under drop (n) above)

drop scone or dropped scone noun

A small thick pancake, a Scotch pancake

drop serene noun (Milton)

An old medical name for (a type of blindness) amaurosis, literally translated from L gutta serēna

dropˈ-shot noun (tennis, etc)

A ball made to drop close to the net immediately after clearing it

dropˈstone noun

A stalactitic calcite

drop tank noun (aeronautics)

A tank, esp for fuel, that can be dropped during flight

drop test noun (engineering)

A test of reliability done by dropping the item or component to be tested

dropˈwort noun

A species of Spiraea (S. filipendula) with bead-like root tubercles

drop zone noun

An area where troops or supplies are to be landed by parachute

a drop in the bucket or ocean

An infinitesimally small quantity

at the drop of a hat

1. Immediately
2. On the smallest provocation

drop a brick see under brick

drop a curtsy

To curtsy

drop astern (nautical)

To get left more and more behind

drop away

To depart, disappear

drop dead

1. To die suddenly
2. An interjection expressing refusal, dismissal, defiance, etc

drop down

To sail, move or row down a coast, or down a river to the sea

drop in

(also drop by) to come, fall or set, etc in, or to arrive or visit casually, informally, unintentionally, or one by one (dropˈ-in noun and adjective)

drop-in centre

A day centre run by a charity or the social services for casual callers

drop off

1. To fall asleep
2. To become less, to diminish
3. To depart, disappear
4. (dropˈ-off noun a decline; a delivery of goods)

drop on or drop down on

To single out for reproof or an unpleasant task

drop out

1. To disappear from one's place
2. (of sound) to disappear (during a transmission, etc)
3. To make a drop kick (rugby)
4. To withdraw, esp from an academic course or from conventional life in society (dropˈout noun and adjective)

dropping fire

Unremitting irregular discharge of small arms

drop someone a line (informal)

To write someone a letter

for the drop (informal)

1. About to be relegated
2. About to be hanged

get the drop on one (US)

1. To be ready to shoot first
2. Hence to have at a disadvantage

let drop

To disclose inadvertently, or seemingly so

Prince Rupert's drops or Rupert's drops

Drops of glass that have fallen in a melted state into cold water, and have assumed a tadpole-like shape, the whole falling to dust with a loud report if the point of the tail is nipped off