drool bucket
To be extremely excited or impressed
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drop
The new drop; a contrivance for executing felons at Newgate, by means of a platform, which drops from under them: this is also called the last drop. See LEAF. See MORNING DROP.
drop
"to DROP an acquaintance," to relinquish a connexion, is very polite slang. DROPPING is distinguished from cutting by being done gradually and almost imperceptibly, whereas cutting has outward and visible signs which may be unpleasantly resented. To "DROP money" at any form of speculation or gambling, is to lose it.
drop a bollock
make a serious mistake
drop a bomb
To surprise or shock someone with unexpected news
drop a bombshell
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
drop a brick
to say something embarrassing or tactless
drop a cog
To let fall, with design, a piece of gold or silver, in order to draw in and cheat the person who sees it picked up; the piece so dropped is called a dropt cog.
drop a dime
Inform on someone to the authorities
drop a hint
Give a subtle suggestion or clue about something
drop a log
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
drop coves
Persons who practice the fraud of dropping a ring or other article, and picking it up before the person intended to be defrauded, they pretend that the thing is very valuable to induce their gull to lend them money, or to purchase the article. See FAWNY RIG, and MONEY DROPPERS.
drop in
Visit someone or a place informally and briefly
drop in the bucket
A small amount that makes little difference
drop in the ocean
A small amount that makes little difference
drop in the pond
A small event with significant effects
drop in the sea
A small amount compared to what is needed or already exists
drop into
Synonym of lay into (“beat up or attack”).
drop it
Synonymous with "cut it" or "cheese it." Probably from the signal given in the good old hanging days by the culprit, who used generally to drop a handkerchief when he was ready for the cart to be moved from under him.
drop off
to fall asleep or decrease in amount
drop off the hooks
to give up or lose interest in something
drop off the radar
To become unnoticed or forgotten
drop out
Stop attending or participating in something
drop serene
An old name for amaurosis, a disease of the optic nerve, causing blindness, without affecting the appearance of the eye. It was at one time thought that it was caused by a transparent, watery humour distilling on the nerve. The name is the English form of the Lat. gutta serena.
drop someone a line
Write someone a brief letter or message
drop the ball
Disappoint.
drop the bomb
To reveal shocking or surprising news
drop the f-bomb
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
drop the gloves
To stop being reserved and start arguing or fighting aggressively
drop the mic
To conclude a statement or performance impressively
drop the pilot
to get rid of a leader or guide who is no longer needed
drop the topic
Stop discussing something
drop the writ
To serve someone with a legal summons or writ
drop trow
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
dropping member
A man's yard with a gonorrhoea.
drown out
to overpower or overwhelm a sound
drown the miller
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
drug of choice
preferred method or treatment
drug on the market
a product available for purchase
drum
A house, a lodging, a street; HAZARD-DRUM, a gambling-house; FLASH-DRUM, a house of ill-fame.
drum ecclesiastic
The pulpit cushion, often vigorously thumped by what are termed "rousing preachers.
drum into
to teach or force someone to remember something by repeating it
drum out
to expel or dismiss someone from a group or organization
drum up
to try to find or create support or interest for something
drum-head court-martial
One held in haste; a court-martial summoned on the field round the drum to deal summarily with an offender.
drummer
A jockey term for a horse that throws about his fore legs irregularly: the idea is taken from a kettle drummer, who in beating makes many flourishes with his drumsticks.
drummer
A robber who first makes his victims insensible by drugs or violence, and then plunders them.
Drumming is not the way to catch a hare. (Strauss, 1994 p. 753)
Noise and showiness are not effective ways to achieve something
drumsticks
Legs; DRUMSTICK CASES, trousers. The leg of a fowl is generally called a DRUMSTICK.
drunk
Drunk as a wheel-barrow. Drunk as David's sow. See DAVID'S SOW.
drunk and disorderly
Behaving in a noisy and disruptive manner while intoxicated
drunk as a lord
In the late 18th century and early 19th the habit of gross drinking was at its height and a man of fashion was judged — or prided himself — on the number of bottles of port he could drink at a sitting. Few dinners ended without placing the guests under the table in a hopeless state of intoxication; hence the expression.
drunk as Chloe
Very drunk.
Drunk as Chloe
Chloe was the cobbler's wife of Linden Grove, to whom Prior, the poet, was attached. She was notorious for her drinking habits.
drunkard's cloak
A tub with holes for the arms to pass through, used in the 17th century for drunkards and scolds by way of punishment.
drunkard's walk
a random and unpredictable course or journey
drunkie
A drunkard.
Drury Lane
This famous London street (and, consequently, the theatre) is named from Drury House, built in the time of Henry VIII by Sir William Drury. It stood on a site about in the middle of the present Aldwych.
drury lane ague
The venereal disorder.
dry as a nun's nasty
Very dry.
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