small pieces of solid waste produced by birds or small animals.
Watch out for the rabbit droppings on the garden path.
The car was covered in seagull droppings after the beach trip.
✦ From Middle English droppinge, equivalent to drop + -ing, in reference to the way it falls. The sense referring to animal feces dates from the 1570s.
to let something fall from your hand or from a higher place without trying to catch or hold it
Tom accidentally dropped his phone on the pavement.
Please don’t drop the plates while you carry them to the table.
✦ Old English “dropian” meaning “to fall in drops,” from Proto-Germanic *dropjaną.
to fall suddenly to a lower position
Temperatures dropped below zero last night.
The coin dropped into the wishing well with a splash.
✦ Same Germanic root as other senses; figurative sense of “falling” recorded since Middle English.
to reduce something or become reduced in level, amount, or value
The company dropped its prices to attract more customers.
Fuel costs have dropped significantly this month.
to stop including someone or something; to remove
The coach dropped him from the team after the incident.
I decided to drop French class next semester.
