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drop in

vb (intr, adverb)

(Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) surfing to intrude on a wave that another surfer is already riding

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Verb

drop in - visit informally and spontaneously; "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee"

come by, drop by

call in, visit, call - pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"

drop

noun

1. A quantity of liquid falling or resting in a spherical mass:

driblet, droplet, globule.

2. A small amount of liquor:

dram, jigger, shot, sip, tot.

Informal: nip, slug.

Slang: snort.

3. A tiny amount:

bit, crumb, dab, dash, dot, dram, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit.

Chiefly British: spot.

4. The act of dropping from a height:

descent, fall.

5. A usually swift downward trend, as in prices:

decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble.

6. The extent or measurement downward from a surface:

deepness, depth.

7. A downward slope or distance:

decline, declivity, descent, fall, pitch.

8. A dominating position, as in a conflict:

advantage, better, bulge, draw, edge, superiority, upper hand, vantage.

Informal: inside track, jump.

verb

1. To go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture:

fall, sink, slump.

2. To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price:

dive, fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, slump, tumble.

Idiom: take a sudden downtrend.

3. To slope downward:

decline, descend, dip, fall, pitch, sink.

4. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:

bring down, cut down, down, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw.

Slang: deck.

Idiom: lay low.

5. To cease consideration or treatment of:

dismiss, give over, give up, skip.

Idioms: have done with, wash one's hands of.

6. To take or leave out:

eliminate, omit, remove.

7. To suffer the loss of:

forfeit, lose.

Idiom: kiss good-by to.

8. To suddenly lose all health or strength:

break (down), cave in, collapse, crack, give out, succumb.

Informal: crack up.

Slang: conk out.

Idiom: give way.

9. To cease living:

decease, demise, depart, die, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb.

Informal: pop off.

Slang: check out, croak, kick in, kick off.

Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end, pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes.

10. To end the employment or service of:

cashier, discharge, dismiss, release, terminate.

Informal: ax, fire, pink-slip.

Slang: boot, bounce, can, sack.

Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door.

11. To fall or let fall in drops of liquid:

distill, dribble, drip, trickle, weep.

12. To move downward in response to gravity:

descend, fall.

13. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily:

fall, go down, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, spill, topple, tumble.

Idiom: take a fall.

14. To cause to descend:

depress, let down, lower, take down.

phrasal verb
drop by

To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize:

call, come by, come over, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit.

Idiom: pay a visit.

phrasal verb
drop in

To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize:

call, come by, come over, drop by, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit.

Idiom: pay a visit.

phrasal verb
drop off

To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually:

fall off, sag, slip.

Translations

يَزور بصورةٍ غَيْر مُتَوَقَّعَه

přijít se podívatzajít

dumpe indenfor

acercarse

passer voir

koma í heimsókn

visitare

заглядывать заглянуть

prísť

uğramak

顺便走访

drop

(drop) noun

1. a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling. a drop of rain.

2. a small quantity (of liquid). If you want more wine, there's a drop left.

3. an act of falling. a drop in temperature.

4. a vertical descent. From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.

verb – past tense, past participle dropped –

1. to let fall, usually accidentally. She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.

2. to fall. The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.

3. to give up (a friend, a habit etc). I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.

4. to set down from a car etc. The bus dropped me at the end of the road.

5. to say or write in an informal and casual manner. I'll drop her a note.

ˈdroplet (-lit) noun

a tiny drop. droplets of rain.

ˈdroppings noun plural

excrement (of animals or birds).

ˈdrop-out noun

a person who withdraws, especially from a course at a university etc or the normal life of society.

drop a brick / drop a clanger

unknowingly to say or do something extremely tactless.

drop back

to slow down; to fall behind. I was at the front of the crowd but I dropped back to speak to Bill.

drop by

to visit someone casually and without being invited. I'll drop by at his house on my way home.

drop in

to arrive informally to visit someone. Do drop in (on me) if you happen to be passing!

drop off

1. to become separated or fall off. The door-handle dropped off; This button dropped off your coat.

2. to fall asleep. I was so tired I dropped off in front of the television.

3. to allow to get off a vehicle. Drop me off at the corner.

drop out (often with of)

to withdraw from a group, from a course at university, or from the normal life of society. There are only two of us going to the theatre now Mary has dropped out; She's dropped out of college.

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