drooped; drooping; droops
1
: to hang or incline downward
2
: to sink gradually
3
: to become depressed or weakened : languish
: to let droop
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Verb
The flowers were drooping in the hot sun.
Her eyelids drooped as she grew tired.
The tree's branches drooped under the weight of the snow.
His spirits drooped when he didn't get the job.
Noun
tighten the line at the top of the banner so there won't be so much droop
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
By Wim’s side through thick and thin is his best friend, Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), a blue elephant boy with a stubby trunk, wispy hair that looks like raspberry cotton candy, and ears that droop down over his shoulders.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The droop is caused by a lack of water in the plant’s system.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Her head drooping, Carolina made brief eye contact with the camera multiple times, but only briefly, before returning to her depressed, drooping stance.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
By Wim’s side through thick and thin is his best friend, Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), a blue elephant boy with a stubby trunk, wispy hair that looks like raspberry cotton candy, and ears that droop down over his shoulders.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
Their Plump-kin creams, which contain pumpkin, seems to have had a major effect on tightening up my neck jowls and has tightened up my under-chin droop in just a couple of weeks.
—Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The droop is caused by a lack of water in the plant’s system.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Droop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/droop. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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droop
1 of 2 verb1
: to sink, bend, or hang down
2
: to become depressed or weak
droopy
adjective
ˈdrü-pē
droop
2 of 2 noun
: the condition or appearance of drooping
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