I’m not going to drop for you. Sam
dropped, but Mr. Big got him off. 3. tv. to
knock someone down. Jim dropped
Willard with a punch to the shoulder.
The swinging board hit him and dropped
him. 4. n. a small drink of liquor; a small
serving of liquor. I’ll take just another
drop of that dew, if you don’t mind. Can
I give you another drop? 5. n. a place at
which drugs, alcohol, or other contra-
band is left to be claimed by the recipi-
ent. The police discovered the drop and
waited for the runner. They switched
drops constantly just in case of discovery.- tv. to take a drug, specifically acid.
(Drugs.) Ted dropped some stuff and
went on a trip. Now he doesn’t drop
even once a month.
drop a bomb(shell)Go to drop a brick.
drop a boptv. to take a drug in pill form.
(See also bop.) Tyrone dropped a bop
and went on his way. Wanna come over
and drop a bop or two?
drop a brick and drop a bomb(shell)tv.
to reveal startling information. Tra c y
came in and dropped a brick that scared us
all. You really dropped a bombshell!
drop a bundle (on someone)tv. to spend
a lot of money pleasing or entertaining
someone. I dropped a bundle on the
candidate, and it didn’t help me at all.
Over the years, I’ve dropped a bundle on
clients at that restaurant.
drop a bundle (on something)tv. to pay
a lot of money for something. Pete
dropped a bundle on this car. I always
buy el cheapo. I’ve never dropped a bun-
dle on anything.
drop a dimetv. to inform the police of
criminal activity. (Underworld. See ex-
planation at dime-dropper.) We w e re
pretty sure that Tracy is the one who
dropped the dime. No, almost anybody
will drop a dime these days.
Drop dead!exclam. No!; Beat it!; Go away
and don’t bother me! I don’t care. Just
drop dead! Drop dead! Beat it!
drop-dead 1. mod. stunning enough to
make one drop dead. (Not literal.) I
had my living room done in a bright drop-
dead red that makes your blood run cold!
She stood up and made this drop-dead
announcement about getting married, and
I thought I would just scream. 2. mod.
rude, as if telling someone to drop dead.
I couldn’t stand the boss’s drop-dead at-
titude, so I quit. She looked at me with
that kind of drop-dead look that really
made me mad.
drop-dead listn. an imaginary list of an-
noying people whom one could live hap-
pily without. You are right at the top
of my drop-dead list. I put Frank on my
drop-dead list.
Drop it!exclam. Forget it!; Never mind!
Never mind! Just drop it! Drop it! I
should never have brought it up.
drop one’s cookiestv. to empty one’s
stomach; to vomit. (See also toss one’s
cookies.) The runner went off to the
side and dropped her cookies. If you feel
like you’re going to drop your cookies, don’t
do it on the carpet.
drop one’s teethtv. to react with great
surprise. I almost dropped my teeth
when she told me her news. They
dropped their teeth when I told them I was
married.
drop out 1. in. to withdraw from a con-
ventional lifestyle. Sometimes I just
want to drop out and raise pigs or some-
thing. Ted dropped out and bought a
farm. 2. in. to quit school or some orga-
nization. I dropped out before I got pro-
moted. Don’t drop out of school. You’ll
regret it. 3. and dropoutn. someone
who has dropped out of school.
Dropouts find it very hard to get a job.
Some dropouts make great successes of
themselves, but not very many.
dropped mod. arrested. Max was
dropped only once last year. He got him-
self dropped on a speeding ticket.
drop someonetv. to knock someone
down; to punch and knock down a per-
son. Fred dropped Bruno with one
punch to the jaw. Frank lost his cool and
dropped Sam.
drop someone or something like a hot
potatotv. to disassociate oneself withdrop someone or something like a hot potato