dropping

[US]/'drɒpɪŋ/
[UK]/'drɑpɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. falling down; something that falls or drips
v. falling in drops; falling down; quitting

Phrases & Collocations

dropping prices

dropping point

Example Sentences

fines for dropping litter.

They saw enemy paratroops dropping from the aeroplane.

she couldn't help dropping into a Geordie accent.

struggle as she might, she kept dropping off.

the jaw-dropping experience of taking the desert road.

The strikers were bullied into dropping their demands.

Continual dropping wears away the stone.

The surface cratered with the constant dropping of water.

During the epidemic people were dropping like flies.

Sales have been dropping off badly.

Add milk to produce a soft dropping consistency.

the fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette.

they escaped by climbing out of the window and dropping to the ground.

he'd actually considered dropping into one of the pickup bars.

Rothschild: Energy conversion at Nebulium Tower is dropping.

He's very awkward, he keeps dropping things.

Just a bit of a mouse’s dropping will spoil a whole saucepan of broth.

he was dropping hints that in future he would be taking a back seat in politics.

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