What is another word for drops?

Pronunciation: [dɹˈɒps] (IPA)

Drops are small, liquid particles of a substance that fall or trickle from a height. There are many synonyms for the word "drops" that can be used interchangeably with this term. Some common ones include droplets, drips, dribbles, trickles, splashes, spills, and leaks. Additionally, other words like beads, pearls, and dew can also be used in certain contexts to refer to small drops of liquid. It is important to note that while each of these words may have a slightly different connotation or usage, they can all refer to the same basic concept of small, liquid drops falling or dripping from a source.

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Usage examples for Drops

Great drops stood out on his forehead and into his eyes crept a look of horror.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Why, then-he would follow-follow-follow-until he found again the woman for whom he had dared the unknown and to whom he had given all but a few drops of water that were needed to keep him alive long enough to find more for her.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
"There 's some heavy drops falling now," muttered another.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever

Famous quotes with Drops

  • Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
    Hosea Ballou
  • A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.
    Johnny Bench
  • What ever truth drops on it eventually grinds to a powder.
    Art Blakey
  • One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic commitments and at most recovers some essential features of the older theories as abstract forms derived from a deeper reality in which what prevails in unbroken wholeness.
    David Bohm
  • We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops.
    Simon Le Bon

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