n
Alternative form of a short drop and a sudden stop [(idiomatic) A fall to one's death by hanging.]
v
(transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
v
(intransitive) (of rain) To strike with great force.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To fail; to produce no or very poor results; to drop out of or be eliminated from a competition.
n
An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).
v
(idiomatic) To rain heavily.
v
(intransitive, automotive) To have one's tires skid against the ground; to peel off, peel out.
v
(nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
v
(informal) To rain heavily.
v
(impersonal, UK) To rain.
v
Synonym of rain cats and dogs
v
(impersonal, UK, idiomatic) To rain heavily in long streaks.
v
Alternative form of dead drop [To leave at a dead drop for someone else to retrieve.]
v
(transitive, television) To give (a set or a prop) an impression of wear and tear by spraying it unevenly with dye.
adj
(poetic, obsolete) Hanging down, like gyves or fetters.
adj
(poetic, obsolete) Alternative form of down-gyved [(poetic, obsolete) Hanging down, like gyves or fetters.]
v
(intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.
v
Alternative form of dreep [(Scotland) To lower oneself from a height and drop the remaining distance.]
v
(intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.
n
(informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
v
(slang, used with on) Synonym of drop a dime
v
(idiomatic) to reveal dramatic and unexpected news that changes a situation completely
v
(slang, idiomatic) To do or say something decisive, meaningful, or impressive.
v
(transitive, Australia) Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.
v
(intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
n
An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
v
(simile) To fall precipitately; to plummet.
v
Synonym of go down the tubes: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.
v
(intransitive) To send or release hail.
v
(intransitive) to fall from the sky, as hail
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To calm down a person, or a situation.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To sink or immerse; to steep.
n
(by extension) An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization.
v
(figuratively) To unleash an angry outburst.
v
To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
v
(Pennsylvania Dutch English) To rain or snow; to precipitate.
n
(slang, idiomatic) An instance of dropping the mic.
v
(transitive) To put down (something) in a heavy way.
v
(intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
v
(intransitive) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
v
(intransitive) To sit down heavily in a seat.
v
(intransitive) To rain heavily.
v
(derogatory, idiomatic, transitive) To waste prior work by subsequent bad decisions.
v
(intransitive) To fall headlong.
n
Synonym of Rupert's drop
v
(intransitive, with on or upon) To strike (literally or figuratively) many times and/or very intensely.
v
(figuratively) To disappoint or discourage someone by ruining or criticising their plans or aspirations.
v
(transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
v
(idiomatic) To fall from the sky, especially in vast quantities
v
(transitive) To push (something) into something.
v
(intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.
v
(intransitive) To fall heavily.
v
(informal) To trip and fall.
v
(slang, idiomatic, intransitive, by extension) to accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
adj
(economics) Modification of the term "trickle-down" to criticize what is felt to be the failings of the latter, with implication that what might be passed down from the rich to the poor is minimal or undesirable.
v
(UK, informal) to rain heavily.
v
(impersonal, UK, informal) To rain very heavily.
v
(intransitive) To rain heavily.
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