Drop, DROP, drops or DROPS may refer to: *

Drop (liquid) A drop or droplet is a small column of liquid, bounded completely or almost completely by free surfaces. A drop may form when liquid accumulates at the lower end of a tube or other surface boundary, producing a hanging drop called a pendant ...

or droplet, a small volume of liquid **

Eye drop Eye drops or eyedrops are liquid drops applied directly to the surface of the eye usually in small amounts such as a single drop or a few drops. Eye drops usually contain saline to match the salinity of the eye. Drops containing only saline ...

s, saline (sometimes mydriatic) drops used as medication for the eyes * Drop (unit), a unit of measure of volume * Falling (physics), allowing an object to fall or drop ** Free fall * Drop, or

topographic prominence In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

, the height of a hill above its surroundings

Computers and technology

* Drop (SQL), a command in SQL queries to remove an existing database, table, index, or view *

Drop (telecommunication) In a communications network, a drop is the portion of a device directly connected to the internal station facilities, such as toward a telephone switchboard, toward a switching center, or toward a telephone exchange. A drop can also be a wire or ca ...

, the portion of a device directly connected to the internal station facilities * Don't Route Or Peer (DROP) list, a list of spam sources

Confectionery

* Drops (confectionery), a general term for small, round sweets *

Lemon drop (candy) A lemon drop is a sugar coated, lemon-flavored candy that is typically colored yellow and often shaped like a lemon. They can be sweet or have a more sour flavor. Lemon drops are made by boiling sugar, water and cream of tartar until it reaches ...

, a hard-sugar, lemon-flavored sweet * Hershey's Drops, chocolate sweets based on the Hershey bar * London drops, a Swedish/Finnish sugar-coated liquorice sweet * Drop (''Eng.'' Salty liquorice), a common Dutch sweet * Cough drop, or throat lozenge, a medicated confectionery

Sports

* Drops Cycling Team, a British women's professional cycling team * Drop (boxing), a type of punch used in boxing *

Drop kick A drop kick is a type of kick in various codes of football. It involves a player dropping the ball and then kicking it as it touches the ground. Drop kicks are used as a method of restarting play and scoring points in rugby union and rugby lea ...

, a type of kick in various forms of football and rugby *

Drop goal A drop goal, field goal, or dropped goal is a method of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league and also, rarely, in American football and Canadian football. A drop goal is scored by drop kicking the ball (dropping the ball and then kicki ...

, a way of scoring points in rugby * Bat drop, a calculation used to regulate

baseball bat A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club used in the sport of baseball to hit the ball after it is thrown by the pitcher. By regulation it may be no more than in diameter at the thickest part and no more than in length. Although histor ...

s *

Drop ball (disambiguation) Drop ball may refer to: *A dropped-ball in association football *A sinkerball In baseball, a sinker or sinking fastball is a type of fastball which has significant downward and horizontal movement and is known for inducing ground balls. Pitchers ...

* Drop shot (disambiguation)

Music

* Drop (music), a section in music where the music will crescendo to a climax, pause briefly, then resume * Needle drop (DJing), a technique used by DJs to cue music quickly * Drops, a J-Pop voice acting group under the label Starchild * Drop, a term, used as a verb or noun, to refer to a piece of music’s, video game’s, copypasta's etc.

release Release may refer to: * Art release, the public distribution of an artistic production, such as a film, album, or song * Legal release, a legal instrument * News release, a communication directed at the news media * Release (ISUP), a code to iden ...

Albums

* ''Drop'' (The Shamen album), 1987 * ''Drop'' (Bride album), 1995 * ''Drop'' (Gavin Harrison & 05Ric album), 2007 * ''Drop'' (Thee Oh Sees album), 2014 * ''D.R.O.P.'', a 1989 album by ZELDA

Songs

* "Drop" (The Pharcyde song), 1995 * "Drop" (Timbaland & Magoo song), 2001 * "Drop" (Rich Boy song), 2009 * "Drop" (Dallas Smith song), 2019 * "Drop", a song by Blue October from the album '' Consent to Treatment'', 2000 * "Drop", a song by Chloe x Halle from the EP '' Sugar Symphony'', 2016 * "Drop", a song by Robert Forster from the album ''

Calling from a Country Phone ''Calling from a Country Phone'' is the second album by former Go-Between Robert Forster, and his first self-produced disc. Drummer Glenn Thompson would later join Forster and Grant McLennan in a reformed Go-Betweens years later. The album al ...

'', 1993 * "Drop", a 1998 song by Kenji and Artofficial, early aliases for Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn respectively * "Drop", a 2006 song by American jazz artist, Plunky * "Drop", a 2008 song by Ying Yang Twins * "Drop", a 2022 song by Khalisol which represented New Mexico in the '' American Song Contest''

Other uses

* Drop (b-boy move), a breakdancing technique * Drop (company), an American e-commerce company * Drop (loyalty program), a Canadian coalition customer loyalty program *

Drop (policy debate) This is a glossary of policy debate terms. Affirmative In policy debate (also called ''cross-examination debate'' in some circuits, namely the University Interscholastic League of Texas), the ''Affirmative'' is the team that affirms the resolu ...

, an argument that goes unanswered *

Drop, Masovian Voivodeship Drop is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobre, within Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-cen ...

, a district in east-central Poland *

Ball drop The Times Square Ball is a time ball located in New York City's Times Square. Located on the roof of One Times Square, the ball is a prominent part of a New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square commonly referred to as the ball drop, where the ...

, an annual event held every New Year's Eve in New York City's Times Square *

Dead drop A dead drop or dead letter box is a method of espionage tradecraft used to pass items or information between two individuals (e.g., a case officer and an agent, or two agents) using a secret location. By avoiding direct meetings, individuals c ...

, a method of passing items or information within espionage tradecraft * Voltage drop, a decrease in voltage across electrical devices in a circuit * Deferred

Retirement Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload. Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...

Option Plan, or Deferred Retirement Option Program * Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System (DROPS), a family of logistics vehicles operated by the British Army