| drop kick |
a kick, formerly used in football, in which the kicker drops the ball and kicks it as it begins to rebound. (Cf. place kick, punt1.) |
| drop-kick |
to kick with or make a drop kick. |
| drop leaf |
a hinged board attached to the end of a table, which can be used to make the surface larger and which folds down when not in use. |
| droplet |
a small drop, as of water. |
| drop-off |
a sudden, sharp slope. [2 definitions] |
| drop off |
to fall asleep. [2 definitions] |
| dropout |
someone who has quit school, esp. high school, without graduating. [2 definitions] |
| drop out |
to stop participating; quit. |
| dropper |
a device, usu. consisting of a tube that narrows at one end and a bulb for producing suction at the other, used for taking up a liquid and dispensing it in drops. |
| drop press |
see drop hammer. |
| dropsy |
an abnormal medical condition characterized by the building up of watery fluid such as lymph or serum in body tissues or cavities. |
| droshky |
a low open horse-drawn carriage used primarily in Russia, or a similar vehicle. |
| drosophila |
the common fruit fly, used esp. in genetic experiments. |
| dross |
anything that is worthless or useless; rubbish. [2 definitions] |
| drought |
an unusually prolonged lack of rain. [2 definitions] |
| drove1 |
past tense of drive. |
| drove2 |
a group of animals driven, or gathered for driving, as a herd; flock. [3 definitions] |
| drover |
someone who drives animals, esp. sheep or cattle, to a place where they can be sold. |
| drown |
to die from lack of oxygen as the result of submersion in a liquid, esp. water. [4 definitions] |
| drown out |
to cover up the sound of with a louder sound. |
| drowse |
to be nearly asleep. [3 definitions] |