dropping
Pronunciation:
/ˈdɹɒpɪŋ//ˈdɹɑpɪŋ/verb
Definitions
To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
To drip (a liquid).
Example: The equipment shows how much the glacier has moved and the amount it dropped in height over the summer.
Generally, to fall (straight down).
Example: A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
Example: Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons.
noun
Definitions
Something dropped.
(usually in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung.
Example: a rabbit dropping
The act of something that drops or falls.