Clues for the word "DROP"
We've had 290 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 638 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on January 11, 2026.
Definition of drop
- n. - The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.
- n. - That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.
- n. - Same as Gutta.
- n. - Any small pendent ornament.
- n. - Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something
- n. - A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.
- n. - A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.
- n. - A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
- n. - A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc.
- n. - A drop press or drop hammer.
- n. - The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- n. - Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.
- n. - The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only.
- n. - Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
- n. - To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill.
- n. - To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.
- n. - To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
- n. - To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.
- n. - To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
- n. - To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.
- n. - To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
- n. - To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
- v. i. - To fall in drops.
- v. i. - To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.
- v. i. - To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
- v. i. - To fall dead, or to fall in death.
- v. i. - To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped.
- v. i. - To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment.
- v. i. - To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.
- v. i. - To fall short of a mark.
- v. i. - To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.
Referring Clues
- Plummet
- Word with anchor or dead
- Discontinue
- Tiniest bit
- Let go of
- Smith Brothers unit
- Spy's spot
- Steep slope
- Express casually
- Parachuting event
- Deliver by chute
- Deliver by parachute
- Globule
- Roller coaster feature
- Trapdoor
- Lozenge
- Let go
- Go south, as a market
- No longer carry
- Plunge
- Withdraw from, as a case
- ___ a line (write a short letter)
- Pendant
- Nosedive
- Fall
- Deliver by air
- Egg ___ soup
- Tiny amount
- Mention casually
- Be too pooped to persevere
- Candy morsel for coughers
- Bit of blood
- Bit in a bucket
- Lose value
- Write, as a note
- Word following eye or nose
- Bit of rain
- Dismiss, as charges
- Lose the handle on
- Word before anchor
- Bit of dew
- Fail to hold
- Bad report from Wall Street
- Take a dive
- Stop discussing
- Stock market "correction"
- Bit of medicine for the eye or ear
- Let slide
- Descent
- With 2-Down, hinged part of a table
- Go down
- With 13-Down, one-piece pajama parts
- Minute quantity
- Cancel
- Word with dead and zone
- Little bit
- Cut out
- Let fall
- One making eye contact?
- Mail depository
- Seek status by mentioning, as a name
- Leave out
- Liquid amount
- Word after ear, eye or nose
- Leave off
- Tiny bit of liquid
- Decrease
- Fail to catch
- Bit of water
- Tiny bit of water
- Fail to hold onto
- Bit of precipitation
- Nose dive
- Mention gratuitously, as a name
- Place to leave a ransom payment
- Lose one's grip?
- Reduction
- Word with anchor or off
- Lemon candy
- One reason for an incomplete pass
- Let lapse
- Morsel for coughers
- Small quantity
- Fall unexpectedly
- Small dose
- Tear or rain ender
- Release
- Cancel, as a class
- Liquid unit
- Word with rain or tear
- Egg ___ soup
- No longer insure
- Rain unit
- Go south, as a stock market
- Clandestine deposit
- Lose one's grip on
- Lead-in for cloth or kick
- Sell-off, say
- Cut from the label
- Withdraw from, as a class
- Word after "ear," "eye" or "nose"
- Eye medication dose
- Cease to consider
- Mention with an ulterior motive
- Roller coaster's feature
- See 47-Down
- Collapse
- Shower unit
- Stop attending
- Word with lemon or letter
- Edit out
- Pearl ___ earring
- Abandon, as a subject
- Bead
- Stop discussing, as a subject
- 2-Down unit
- Ransom payoff
- Pearl___ ear rings
- Let gravity take over
- Let slip
- Rainstorm minutia
- Get rid of
- Unit of rain
- Bit of medicine for the eye
- Descend
- Word with gum or rain
- Stop dating
- Slight amount
- Place for espionage
- Send by parachute
- Bit of a trickle
- Abruptly stop discussing
- Remove from one's schedule, as a class
- Take, as acid
- Ransom delivery
- Fall to earth
- Bit of a beverage
- Piece of scenery
- Tear unit
- With 52-Across, trivial amount, aptly
- Barely enough to wet one's whistle
- Minimal amount of rain
- Fall off
- Wee bit
- "___ Dead Diva"
- Word with cough or lemon
- Minimal rain
- Sudden descent
- Least bit of rain
- Tiniest taste
- Word before kick or pass
- Release to the public, informally
- One-third of a fire safety instruction
- "shop 'til you ___"
- Hard candy
- Exhibit extreme exhaustion
- A kind of kick
- Take a fall
- Tiny bit
- Thimbleful fraction
- Withdraw, as charges
- Convey, as a hint
- Cough soother
- Just a ___ in the bucket
- Place for a spy's message
- Lemon candy morsel
- Let slip from one's hands
- ____ the writ
- Fumble
- Lose, as a carrier might with a call
- Pass receiver's miscue
- Sink like a rock
- Tiny bit of rain
- Antonym of 34 Across
- Hit the floor
- Deliver via airlift
- Downturn
- Dismiss
- Cough ___
- Allow to fall
- Rain or tear unit
- Word after rain or tear
- Word after rain or drop
- Rain ___
- Fall down like rain
- Cough ___ (something for a sore throat)
- Omit
- Delivery by parachute
- Do (acid)
- Doctor with little work in the fall
- Sink rapidly
- Release, like a rap album
- Release from one's grip
- Clash: "Pressure ___"
- The Maytals "Pressure ___"
- (Of liquid) a small amount
- See 11
- Discontinue work for a doctor
- See 8
- Decrease in work by a GP
- Sink
- Droop, losing heart, or fall right down
- See 1
- Give up work, when under the doctor
- Decline the sweet
- Not hang onto
- Small bit - fall
- Fall for a medical man at work
- Candy lozenge
- Lessen
- Dispense with - sink
- Small liquid blob
- Decline and fall
- Cut a dash
- Fall in ditch
- See 7
- Plunge, as winter temperatures
- Release, as an album
- Place to leave secret messages
- Height of a fall
- Describes two kinds of shot and is stunning
- A taste of relegation
- A little fall
- Doctor goes to work in the fall
- Go down with doctor to operation
- Abandon work to follow doctor
- Give up work to follow northward road
- Stop being so gorgeous!
- Taste relegation
- Stop talking about
- Doctor going to work in shed
- Discontinue giving a doctor work
- Lapdog or mongrel that scores several points
- Little bit of water
- Teensy amount
- Release to the floor
- Don't catch
- Tiniest sip
- Stop bringing up
- Be clumsy
- Decline to give up
- A fall involving work for the doctor
- Go down, as an elevator
- Wilt
- Small quantity of liquid
- Word before "a hint," "a line" or "the ball"
- Fail to hang onto
- Decline
- A ___ in the bucket
- Discontinue supporting
- Minimal moisture
- Word with tear or rain
- Be released, as a new song
- Teensy amount of liquid
- Climactic part of a dance song
- Sag
- Roller-coaster plunge
- ___ zone
- Release, as a new album
- Word before "the ball" or "the bass"
- What prices do in bear markets
- Release, as a single
- Go downward
- Release, as a song, in modern lingo
- Mic ___: triumphant move
- Cut loose
- Smidgen
- Bit of eye lubricant
- Fumble, like a ball
- Small amount in a bucket
- Action between stop and roll
- Lemon ___
- [See notepad]
- Prod so as to make fall
- Bit of facial serum
- Deliver via parachute
- ___ Everything and Read
- Delete
- Quit discussing
- ___-down menu
- ___ tower (amusement park ride with a free-fall)
- Product release, informally
- Not keep harping on
- Fall sharply
- Withdraw from, like a class
- Slip from your hands
- See 1-Across
- Give up
- Lose
- Roller coaster element
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - January 11, 2026
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- Mirror Daily - November 29, 2025
- LA Times - November 15, 2025
- Daily American - November 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 08, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 03, 2025
- Daily American - October 01, 2025
- New York Times - September 02, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 23, 2025
- LA Times - July 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 13, 2025
- Daily American - April 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 25, 2025
- Daily American - March 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 04, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 03, 2025
- Daily American - February 20, 2025
- LA Times - February 16, 2025
- USA Today - February 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 12, 2025
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