Drop

What “Drop” means

Noun

1. A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
2. A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
3. A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
4. A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
5. A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.

Verb

1. Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
2. To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
3. To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
4. To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
5. To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.

Where the word comes from

From Late Middle English droppe, Middle English drope (“small quantity of liquid; small or least amount of something; pendant jewel; dripping of a liquid; a shower; nasal flow, catarrh; speck, spot; blemish; disease causing spots on the skin”) [and other forms], from Old English dropa (“a drop”), from Proto-West Germanic *dropō (“drop (of liquid)”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop (of liquid)”),, from *dreupaną (“to drip, droop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to drip, drop”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Droupe, Druppe (“drop”), Dutch drop, drup (“droplet”), German Tropfen (“drop”), German Low German Drüpp (“drop”), Luxembourgish Drëps (“drop”), Vilamovian tropa, troppa (“drop”), Yiddish טראָפּן (tropn, “drop”), Danish dråbe (“drop”), Faroese and Icelandic dropi (“drop”), Norwegian Bokmål dråpe (“drop”), Norwegian Nynorsk drope (“drop”), Swedish droppe (“drop”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *druppōną Proto-West Germanic *dropōn Old English dropian Middle English droppen English drop From Middle English droppen, dropen (“to fall in drops, drip or trickle down; to scatter, sprinkle; to be covered with a liquid; to give off moisture; of an object: to drop, fall; of a living being: to fall to the ground”) [and other forms], from Old English droppian, dropian (“to drop”), from Proto-West Germanic *dropōn, from Proto-Germanic *drupōną (“to fall in drops, drip”), ultimately from *dreupaną (“to hang, droop; drop, drip”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to drip, drop”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian drippe (“to drip”), Dutch druipen (“to drip”), German triefen (“to drip”), Yiddish טריפֿן (trifn, “to drip”), Icelandic drjúpa (“to drip”), Norwegian Nynorsk drjupa, drypa, drype (“to drip”), Swedish drypa (“to drip”

Business name ideas with “Drop”

Industries where “Drop” fits

We suggest this word for 6 business types and industries, including:

• Courier Startup
• DJ Business
• Food Delivery Startup
• Water Company
• Bottled Water Manufacturing
• Local Messengers and Local Delivery