Synonyms for dropping
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : drop-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɒp ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for dropping Other synonyms for the word dropping
- abort
- adios
- be alienated from
- bead
- bleed
- break with
- bring down
- call off
- cast off
- cave in
- cease
- depress
- descend
- desert
- discontinue
- dismiss
- disown
- distill
- ditch
- divorce
- drain
- dribble
- drip
- duck
- dust off
- eighty-six
- emanate
- floor
- flop
- forfeit
- forget about
- forsake
- ground
- hail
- have done with
- interrupt
- jilt
- keel over
- kick
- knock
- leak
- leave
- loosen
- lose
- lower
- nose-dive
- ooze
- part from
- part with
- percolate
- pitch
- plummet
- plump
- plunge
- precipitate
- quit
- reject
- release
- relinquish
- remit
- renounce
- repudiate
- resign
- sacrifice
- scratch
- scrub
- seep
- separate
- shake
- shed
- shoot
- sink
- slide
- slip
- slump
- snow
- splash
- stop
- terminate
- throw over
- topple
- trickle
- trill
- tumble
- unload
- wash out
- waste one
- wipe out
- write off
Définition of dropping
Origin :- Old English dropa "a drop of liquid," from Proto-Germanic *drupon (cf. Old Saxon dropo, Old Norse dropi, Dutch drop, Old High German tropfo, German Tropfen (n.)), from PIE *dhreu-.
- Meaning "an act of dropping" is from 1630s; of immaterial things (prices, temperatures, etc.) from mid-19c. Meaning "lozenge, hard candy" is 1723. Meaning "secret place where things can be left illicitly and picked up later" is from 1931.
- Drop in the bucket (late 14c.) is from Isa. ix:15 [KJV]. At the drop of a hat "suddenly" is from 1854; drop-in "casual visit" is 1819; drop-kick is 1857. To get the drop on someone originally was Old West gunslinger slang (1869).
- verb fall in globules
- verb let go of; fall
- verb abandon; ignore
- It was set a-going, not by wheels and weights like other clocks, but by the dropping of water.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Dropping the weapon from his hand it still dangled by the loop.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- "They ain't worth much," he said, dropping them, with a conclusive air.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- "He did well to come to terms with them," continued Hopper, dropping his voice.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- I was dead with fatigue, and was dropping off to sleep in my bed in the car.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- "Mama, I heard you in papa's room," Alice said, not dropping the note of complaint.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- Now, sir, you will oblige me by dropping that attitude of surprised indignation.
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- In dropping me without a word, as if I had been an impostor?
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- "This is my city residence," said the host, dropping into a chair.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
- Try if the fat is hot by dropping a crumb into it; if it browns at once, put in the fish.
- Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
Antonyms for dropping
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