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Contents 1 Types of confectionary 2 In popular music 3 Drops 4 See also

Drop 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 (boxing), a type of punch used in boxing
• Drop (unit), a unit of measure of volume
• Drop (telecommunication)
• Drop (breakdance move), a breakdance move
• Drop noseband, a type of noseband used first on horses at the Spanish Riding School
• Bat drop, a number (the weight in ounces minus the length in inches) used in some leagues to regulate baseball bats
• DROP (SQL), a command in DDL/SQL queries, used to remove an existing database, table, index, or view
• Drop (tailoring), the numerical difference between the size of a suit jacket (e.g. 40) and the waist of the matching pants (e.g. 34).

[edit] Types of confectionary

• Lemon drop, a sugary, lemon-flavored confectionary
• London drops, sugar-coated licorice drops sold in some Nordic countries
• A sweet or salty liquorice confectionery originating from the Netherlands
• A throat lozenge, a medicated confectionary also called a "cough drop"

[edit] In popular music

• Drop (music), a section in music where the music will crescendo to a climax, pause briefly, then resume
• Needle drop (DJing), a hip-hop DJ term
• A slang term, used as a verb, to refer to an album or single's "release"
• Drop (The Shamen album), an album by The Shamen
• Drop (song), a track by The Pharcyde from their album Labcabincalifornia
• Drop (Rich Boy song), a song by Rich Boy from his second album, Buried Alive
• Drop (Ying Yang Twins song), a song by Ying Yang Twins

[edit] Drops

• An acronym for Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System, logistic vehicles used by the British Army
• Drops (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation character), a character in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

[edit] See also

• Dead drop, a term used in espionage to exchange messages covertly between spies
• Pigeon drop, a confidence trick modeled on the dead drop
• Drop off, a mountain biking term
• Dropout
• Drop, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)

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