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drop
verb- to swallow, to ingest (a drug) US
A favourite word of the LSD culture, but popular for other drugs of abuse before and since; if used without a direct object, almost certainly referring to LSD. - To take orally is to “drop it.” — Francis J. Rigney and L. Douglas Smith, The Real Bohemia, p. xx, 1961
- Everybody dropped his acid in the kitchen and for the first half hour they sat around listening to music. — Richard Alpert and Sidney Cohen, LSD, p. 100, 1966
- When I drop (swallow) LSD, I’m looking for an experience[.] — Roger Gordon, Hollywood’s Sexual Underground, p. 59, 1966
- “The way they put it is that they ‘drop whites’ to get out of bed in the morning, or whenever they get up to go to work, and ‘drop reds’ to go to sleep,” Sweeney reported at the conference. — San Francisco Chronicle, p. 5, 11 October 1966
- After that night, I told John I would come back and drop [acid]. — Nicholas Von Hoffman, We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us Against, p. 60, 1967
- Being too young to drink, he smoked pot, dropped acid, and at last sniffed heroin[.] — Raymond Mungo, Famous Long Ago, p. 30, 1970
- [I]t had been fourteen hours since he’d dropped the acid, and of course he was exhausted. — Gurney Norman, Divine Right’s Trip (Last Whole Earth Catalog), p. 103, 1971
- And we ain’t dropping ’til I say so. — Saturday Night Fever, 1977
- Many of the Angels had obviously been dropping “belligerence,” their pet name for sodium seconal (reds). — Peter Coyote, Sleeping Where I Fall, p. 98, 1998
- [T]he next lot decided to just find beaches, drop pills and party. — James Hawes, Dead Long Enough, p. 92, 2000
- to kill, especially by shooting UK, 1726
In various uses and combinations “drop” means “to die” or “to finish”. This variant is pro-active. - “Fuck it!” I gasped. “Why didn’t we just drop the bastards?” — Chris Ryan, Stand By, Stand By, p. 105, 1996
- You’re his wife, and you’re walking around with the shitwrap who dropped him. — Stephen J. Cannell, The Tin Collectors, p. 75, 2001
- to bribe UK
- [A]t this stage they may try to drop you. If they do, quietly refuse[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, pp. 92–93, 1956
- “He tried to drop the mingra [a policeman]”, “I dropped him a flim [a £5 note]” — Patrick O’Shaughnessy, Market Traders’ Slang, 1979
- to release a music recording UK, 1991
- Eminem’s Dr Dre-produced The Marshall Mathers LP drops in 2000 and goes platinum in one week[.] — The Source, p. 128, March 2002
- The LP should drop on Skint in September. — Muzik, p. 14, February 2003
- to lose (especially money) UK, 1676
An example of C19 flash slang that has survived. - Frank had dropped $3,200 at craps, not even shooting, betting against the shooter. — Elmore Leonard, Switch, p. 111, 1978
- to cash a forged cheque UK
- [T]he penman, who never drops himself, has to send a minder, known as a topper, to keep an eye on the dropper[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 81, 1956
- to give money UK
- Jimmy hates your fucking guts, Charlie. He’s the reason Jean doesn’t drop you as much as she used to. — Ted Lewis, Jack Carter’s Law, p. 52, 1974
- to break off a romantic relationship with someone AUSTRALIA
- Drops Narrabee flat, he does, and she goes off the rails[.] — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 145, 1962
- She is doing it [petting] for him, merely for him, not for herself and it would be unladylike to appear to enjoy it. Indeed he would probably feel forced to drop her immediately if she showed any sign of enjoyment. — Sue Rhodes, Now you’ll think I’m awful, p. 21, 1967
- — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 188, 1987
- — Kylie Mole (Maryanne Fahey), My Diary, p. 51, 1988
- — John Birmingham, He Died With a Felafel in his Hand, p. 26, 1994
- She dropped me the next day. — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 81, 1995
- to perform oral sex on a woman US
- I stopped dropping. It got to be too frustrating. — Chasing Amy, 1997
- to fart AUSTRALIA
- Jeez! That packet shit my wife feeds me...drop one fart and you’re hungry again. — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 140, 1987
- to knock down with a punch AUSTRALIA
- She smiled. “I’m no beauty!” “I’ll drop the first man who says so!” — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 80, 1954
- “I’ve ’ad you,” he said. “I’m gunna drop yer.” — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 154, 1957
- “Drop it, Jackson, or I’ll drop you!” called a masked warder from the tower. — Bob Jewson, Stir, p. 152, 1980
- in pool, to hit (a ball) into a pocket US
- — Mike Shamos, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards, p. 83, 1993
- to cause a car to suddenly drop almost to the ground by use of hydraulic lifts US
- — Edith A. Folb, runnin’ down some lines, p. 236, 1980
- to include a tune in a sequence of recorded dance music UK
- Oakie dropped K-Klass’ “Rhythm Is A Mystery”. — Mixmag, p. 33, February 2002
▶ drop a banger
to blunder; to make a mistake, especially one of some consequence UK, 1961
From BANGERSDROP A BOLLOCKdrop a bollock; drop a ballock
to make a mistake, especially one of some consequence UK, 1942
Derives from DROP A BRICKBOLLOCKSROB: You dropped a bollock ain’t you? ANTHONY: Yeah, I dropped a bollock... Yes... alright... I don’t mind, I–ROB: You dropped one massive bollock. ANTHONY: Yes, I dropped a big fucking massive hairy bollock. — 24 Hour Party People, 2001▶ drop a bomb; drop one- to fart UK
- — Peter Furze, Tailwinds, p. 59, 1998
- to defecate US
- — Don R. McCreary (Editor), Dawg Speak, 2001
▶ drop a brick
to make a faux pas UK, 1923
▶ drop a bundle
to give birth NEW ZEALAND, 1948- [T]he poor old shielah [woman]’s just dropped another bundle!! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
▶ drop a clanger
to make a mistake, especially in a social context UK, 1942
A variation of DROP A BOLLOCKCLANGERSdrop a deuce
to defecate US
From the children’s toilet vocabulary: NUMBER TWOI think she’s in the back dropping a deuce. — Howard Stern Radio Show, 24 January 2003▶ drop a dime
to make a telephone call, especially to the police to inform on someone US, 1966
From the days when the price of a call from a pay phone was a dime.- I ain’t never seen so many stool pigeons in one block before in all my life. Drop a dime on you ’fore Fod can git the news. — Nathan Heard, Howard Street, p. 35, 1968
- There were rumors out about Milton having dropped dimes on pushers who put shit on him. — Donald Goines, Cry Revenge, p. 150, 1974
- He dropped a dime on you to screw me out of the six hundred grand. — Gerald Petievich, To Live and Die in L.A., p. 16, 1983
- Keefe could have used the opportunity to drop the dime on Al Garcia[.] — Carl Hiaasen, Tourist Season, p. 143, 1986
- But listen, she can drop a dime [call the police] as quick as anybody and he’s gone. — Terry Williams, The Cocaine Kids, p. 95, 1989
- Drop a dime? Call the cops? Don’t even let anybody hear such bullshit. — Goodfellas, 1990
- What was the big deal about calling home? “No time to drop a dime, right?” — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 165, 1992
- They’ll hear I dropped dime. They’ll probably hear it from you. — The Usual Suspects, 1995
▶ drop a goolie
to make a mistake UK, 1961
A figurative use of GOOLIESDROP A BOLLOCKdrop a jewel; drop jewels
to create rap music or lyrics US, 1991- Fuck droppin’ a jewel[.] — Eminem (Marshall Mathers), Just Don’t Give a Fuck, 1999
▶ drop a lug
to confront someone about their conduct; to insult US, 1973- — Christina and Richard Milner, Black Players, p. 303, 1972
▶ drop a name
to inform US- To drop a name on you. — New Jack City, 1990
- What do you think he’d say if he found out you dropped his name to the D.A.? — The Usual Suspects, 1995
▶ drop a nickel
to become involved in something US- So I went over and dropped my nickel. I guess it’s always a mistake to interfere with a drunk. — Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, p. 2, 1953
▶ drop a sprog
to give birth UK
Combines “drop” (to give birth, usually of an animal) with SPROG— Nigel Foster, The Making of a Royal Marine Commando, 1987▶ drop an oar in the water
to make a mistake UK
From rhyming slang, OARS AND ROWLOCKSBOLLOCKSDROP A BOLLOCK— Ray Puxley, Fresh Rabbit, p. 85, 1998▶ drop beads
to unintentionally disclose your homosexuality US- — American Speech, p. 56, Spring-Summer 1970: “Homosexual slang”
▶ drop bottom
to set the bass levels on a car stereo system at a high level US- — Chris Lewis, The Dictionary of Playground Slang, p. 79, 2003
▶ drop dead
to decrease the speed of a car when being followed by the police US- The foxy motorist who slows almost to a halt when he senses pursuit drops dead. — New York Times, p. 34, 20 October 1958
▶ drop foot
to dance without restraint JAMAICA- — Richard Allsopp, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, p. 204, 1996
▶ drop off the twig
to die AUSTRALIA- I mean if, for argument’s sake, I’d been awake and I really had dropped off the twig, cashed in my chips, kicked off, pegged out, found the road too weary and the hill too steep to climb — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, 1974
▶ drop science
to explain, to educate, to make sense US, 1992- “Word” was once a powerful affirmation that you were “dropping science”[.] — Nelson George, Hip Hop America, p. 209, 1998
▶ drop some iron
to spend money US- — Washington Post Magazine, p. 7, 20 September 1987: “Say wha?”
- — Vann Wesson, Generation X Field Guide and Lexicon, p. 58, 1997
▶ drop the belt
in a homosexual relationship, to reverse passive-dominant roles US- Sometimes the stud becomes so smitten with another stud that she "drops the belt"-she shifts from the male role to the female role, — Rose Giallombardo, Society of Women, p. 124, 1966
▶ drop the bucket on
to expose someone’s misdeeds; to get someone into trouble AUSTRALIA, 1950
The “bucket” is a full sanitary bin, in other words, to “put someone in the shit”.- Publishers have been putting the hard word on me for yonks to spill the beans, tell it like it is and tip the bucket on my elitist right-wing sparring-partners[.] — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 7, 1985
▶ drop the hammer down; drop the hammer- to accelerate US
- — Complete CB Slang Dictionary, 1976
- — Peter Chippindale, The British CB Book, p. 154, 1981
- at the start of a drag race, to release (engage) the clutch in a sudden and forceful move US
- — John Lawlor, How to Talk Car, p. 39, 1965
▶ drop the hook
to arrest US- It was pretty obvious that the buttons in the prowl car were about ready to drop the hook on him, so I went over there fast and took hold of his arm. — Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, p. 6, 1953
▶ drop the kids off at the pool; drop the kids off
to defecate UK, 2002
The wide popularity of this term was reported in June 2002 on www.LondonSlang.com.- — Chris Lewis, The Dictionary of Playground Slang, p. 61, 2003
▶ drop them
of a woman, to readily remove her knickers as a practical necessity for sexual activity, and thus said to be symbolic of a woman’s sexual availability UK- Her? She’s not fussy–she’ll drom ’em for anyone. — Paul Beale, 1984
▶ drop trou
as a prank, to lower your trousers, bend over and expose your buttocks to the world US- — Andy Anonymous, A Basic Guide to Campusology, p. 8, 1966
- — John D. Bell et al., Loosely Speaking, p. 19, 1969
▶ drop your bundle
to lose one’s composure; to go to pieces AUSTRALIA, 1847- [M]um drops her bundle whenever she feels like it these days, God bless her heart. — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 7, 1985
▶ drop your candy
to make a serious mistake US, 1908- — Frederic G. Cassidy, Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume II, p. 206, 1991
▶ drop your guts
to fart AUSTRALIA- I’ve broken wind, / I’ve dropped my guts, / Open the window please. — Ivor Biggun, I’ve Parted (Misprint), 1978
- A typical Pickles trick, he’d sneak up behind you, then drop his guts. — Phillip Gwynne, Deadly Unna?, p. 179, 1998
▶ drop your handbag
to fart UK
A variation on DROP YOUR GUTS— Rick Jolly, Jackspeak, p. 92, 1989▶ drop your lunch
to fart AUSTRALIA- There’s nothing worse than casually dropping your lunch at a business function or an extraordinary meeting of the Australian Cheese Board[.] — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 63, 1985
▶ drop your oyster
(of a woman) to experience an orgasm US- “I could make Gloria drop her oyster in five minutes effen I put my mind to it.” — Robert Deane Pharr, S.R.O., p. 101, 1971
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