Drop, DROP, drops or DROPS may refer to: * Drop (liquid) 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) The drop is an approximated unit of measure of volume, the amount dispensed as one drop from a dropper or drip chamber. It is often used in giving quantities of liquid drugs to patients, and occasionally in cooking and in organic synthesis. The ...

, a unit of measure of volume *

Falling (physics) In Newtonian physics, free fall is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it. In the context of general relativity, where gravitation is reduced to a space-time curvature, a body in free fall has no force acting on i ...

, allowing an object to fall or drop **

Free fall In Newtonian physics, free fall is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it. In the context of general relativity, where gravitation is reduced to a space-time curvature, a body in free fall has no force acting on ...

* 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 ...

, 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 London drops (''Lontoon rakeet'' in Finnish) are a type of liquorice candy sold in Finland and Sweden first by Chymos, later by Fazer. London drops are oblong-shaped sweets about 2 cm long and 5 mm thick. They consist of a soft liquori ...

, a Swedish/Finnish sugar-coated liquorice sweet * Drop (''Eng.'' Salty liquorice), a common Dutch sweet * Cough drop, or

throat lozenge A throat lozenge (also known as a cough drop, sore throat sweet, troche, cachou, pastille or cough sweet) is a small, typically medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs, lubricate, and soothe irri ...

, a medicated confectionery

Sports

Drops Cycling Team Drop, DROP, drops or DROPS may refer to: * Drop (liquid) or droplet, a small volume of liquid ** Eye drops, saline (sometimes mydriatic) drops used as medication for the eyes * Drop (unit), a unit of measure of volume * Falling (physics), allow ...

, a British women's professional cycling team *

Drop (boxing) An overhand (or ''overcut'' or ''drop'') punch is a semi-circular and vertical punch thrown with the rear hand. It is usually employed when the opponent is bobbing or slipping. The strategic utility of the drop relying on body weight can deliv ...

, a type of punch used in boxing * Drop kick, 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 shot (disambiguation) A drop shot is a type of shot in some racquet sports. Drop shot or dropshot may also refer to: * ''Drop Shot'', a novel by Harlan Coben * Dropshot (Transformers) * Bomb shot, or drop shot, a type of mixed drink * Operation Dropshot Operation ...

Music

Drop (music) A drop or beat drop in music, made popular by electronic dance music (EDM) styles, is a point in a music track where a sudden change of rhythm or bass line occurs, which is preceded by a build-up section and break. Originating from disco and 197 ...

, a section in music where the music will crescendo to a climax, pause briefly, then resume *

Needle drop (DJing) The needle drop is a technique used in hip hop deejaying. The DJ sets a record spinning, then drops the stylus on the turntable at the exact point where they want playback to begin without previously cuing up the record.Roseman, Jordan''Audio M ...

, 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 A copypasta is a block of text that is copied and pasted across the Internet by individuals through online forums and social networking websites. Copypastas are said to be similar to spam as they are often used to annoy other users and disrupt on ...

'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 ''Consent to Treatment'' is the second album by Blue October. Pre-production sessions took place in Nashville with producer Blue Miller, and the final album recording sessions took place at Bay 7 Studios in Valley Village and Media Vortex in B ...

'', 2000 * "Drop", a song by Chloe x Halle from the EP ''

Sugar Symphony ''Sugar Symphony'' is the debut extended play (EP) by American recording duo Chloe x Halle. It was released under Parkwood Entertainment, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, on April 29, 2016. The EP was their first official release si ...

'', 2016 * "Drop", a song by Robert Forster from the album '' Calling from a Country Phone'', 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 The Ying Yang Twins are an American hip hop duo consisting of Kaine (born Eric Jackson on December 16, 1978) and D-Roc (born Deongelo/D'Angelo Holmes on February 13, 1979). They are not twin brothers. They did the windows to the walls song. The ...

* "Drop", a 2022 song by Khalisol which represented New Mexico in the ''

American Song Contest ''American Song Contest'' is an American music reality competition television series based on the Eurovision Song Contest. It sees all 50 U.S. states, five territories, and Washington, D.C. compete for the title of Best Original Song. The fir ...

Other uses

* Drop (b-boy move), a breakdancing technique *

Drop (company) Drop (formerly Massdrop) is an American e-commerce company based in San Francisco, California. Drop uses data and insights from community to develop and find products that feed their interests in audio products and mechanical keyboards. The Drop ...

, an American e-commerce company *

Drop (loyalty program) Drop is a coalition customer loyalty program, in which users earn points using their linked debit or credit cards. Users choose five rewards partners such as Sephora, Starbucks, Uber, and Whole Foods Market to earn points with. The program started ...

, a Canadian coalition customer loyalty program * Drop (policy debate), an argument that goes unanswered * Drop, Masovian Voivodeship, a district in east-central Poland * Ball drop, an annual event held every New Year's Eve in New York City's Times Square * Dead drop, a method of passing items or information within espionage tradecraft *

Voltage drop Voltage drop is the decrease of electrical potential along the path of a current flowing in an electrical circuit. Voltage drops in the internal resistance of the source, across conductors, across contacts, and across connectors are undesirab ...

, 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 The Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System (DROPS) is a family of logistics vehicles operated by the British Army, which consists of two vehicle types: * Leyland DAF medium mobility load carrier (MMLC) * Foden improved medium mobility load ca ...

(DROPS), a family of logistics vehicles operated by the British Army