drop; drib; driblet




a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

"he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling

Type of:
  • small indefinite quantity; small indefinite amount

Types:
  • tear; teardrop
  • raindrop
  • droplet
  • eyedrop; eye-drop


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