dropping
d ro ping
- v let fall to the ground
- v to fall vertically
the bombs are dropping on enemy targets - v go down in value
- v fall or descend to a lower place or level
- v terminate an association with
- v utter with seeming casualness; drop names"
- v stop pursuing or acting
- v leave or unload
- v cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- v lose (a game)
- v pay out
- v lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- v hang freely
- v stop associating with
- v let or cause to fall in drops
- v get rid of
- v take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- v omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- v leave undone or leave out
- v change from one level to another
- v fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- v grow worse
- v give birth; used for animals
- s coming down freely under the influence of gravity
the eerie whistle of dropping bombs
- By dropping out now, she has done a favor for the state Republican Party.
- By the second week of the year, diet searches begin a precipitous fall, dropping 32% within the first few days of the New Year, only to briefly recover in the summer months for .
- Giuliani, in Florida concession speech, talked about his effort in the past tense, but said nothing explicit about dropping out -- or The Deal.