ドロップ

noun

drop; fall; downward plunge

Loanword-like noun for a physical or noticeable fall or descent; for ordinary falling or decline, 落下 or 下落 may be more standard depending on context.

• ジェットコースターの最さい後ごのドロップが一いち番ばん怖こわかった。

  The final drop of the roller coaster was the scariest part.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

drop curve; vertical-breaking curveball

Baseball term for a breaking pitch that drops sharply downward; as ドロップする, it describes the ball dropping in flight.

• その投とう手しゅのドロップは打だ者しゃの手て元もとで鋭するどく落おちる。

  That pitcher's drop curve breaks sharply downward near the batter.

• ボールが打だ者しゃの前まえで大おおきくドロップした。

  The ball dropped sharply in front of the batter.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

dropping a ball; golf drop

Golf term for putting a ball back into play by dropping it, especially after taking relief such as for an unplayable ball.

• 救きゅう済さいを受うけるため、プレーヤーはボールをドロップした。

  To take relief, the player dropped the ball.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

drop; mouse drop action

Computing term for releasing an item with the mouse or pointer after dragging it, as in drag-and-drop operations.

• ファイルをこのフォルダーにドロップしてください。

  Please drop the file into this folder.