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Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of drop with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Yoga for Computer Usersstretch but you're going to drop your
Definition summary: (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.

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Yoga for Computer Users

stretch but you're going to drop your

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Meaning

[Noun]
(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
(figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
That which hangs or resembles a liquid globule, such as a hanging diamond earring or ornament, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
A thing which drops or hangs down.
An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
(informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
(music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
Licorice in confectionery form.
(slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
(cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
[Verb]
(intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets. [from 11th c.]
(intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid. [from 14th c.]
(intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground. [from 15th c.]
(intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
(intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
(intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop. [from 17th c.]
(intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc. [from 18th c.]
(intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
(intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
(intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
(intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
(intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
(intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
(transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts. [from 14th c.]
(transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]
(transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
(transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
(transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
(transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation. [from 17th c.]
(transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner. [from 18th c.]
(transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill. [from 18th c.]
(transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
(transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
(transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.). [from 17th c.]
(transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
(transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
(transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
(transitive, slang)
(transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
(transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.). [from 19th c.]
(transitive, music)
(transitive, sports)
(transitive, archaic) To cover (something) with or as if with drops, especially of a different colour; to bedrop, to variegate.
(intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
(transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
(US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.

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How to pronounce “drop”

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