Teardrop

Definitions: Teardrop

Teardrop

Noun

1. Anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring).

2. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "teardrop" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1888. (references)

Synonym: Teardrop

Crosswords: Teardrop

Teardrop in my eye. ("Take Me Home Country Roads"; performing artist: John Denver)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• TearDrop Golf Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Teardrop Fix-It-Shop: Authentic Trailer Restoration Parts & Accessories (reference)

• TEARDROP GOLF COMPANY: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference)

• Tears in Teardrop Island (reference)

• The Little Teardrop (reference)

• The Teardrop Story Woman (reference)

  (more book examples)

Consumer Goods

• Health O Meter HAB957KD23 Teardrop Mechanical Platform Scale (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "teardrop": teardrop turn. Additional references.

Beginning with "teardrop": teardrop-shaped.

Albanian

lot (dew, tear, water-drop, weeping). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قطرة (collyrium, drop, eardrop, eye-wash), ‏عبرة (example, lesson, moral, warning), ‏دمعة (tear). (various references)

Chinese 

淚水 (tears). (various references)

Czech

slza (drop, tear). (various references)

Farsi 

قطره اشک , اشک (Brine, Flood). (various references)

French

larme (tear), arme. (various references)

German

Träne (drip, tear). (various references)

Hebrew 

א�'ל �"מע�", �"מע�" (tear). (various references)

Hungarian

könnycsepp alakú (lachrymose). (various references)

Italian

lacrima (cannage, drop, knot, tear, tear drop, teariness). (various references)

Manx

jeir (lachrymal, lachrymatory, spot, tear). (various references)

Pig Latin

eardroptay.(various references)

Portuguese

lagrima, lágrima (bead, droplet, knot, tear, tear drop, water-drop, weeping). (various references)

Russian 

слеза (dew, tear, tear-drop, water-drop). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

suza (tear). (various references)

Spanish

lagrima. (various references)

Thai

สิ่งที่มีรูปร่างคล้ายหย�"น้ำตา, หย�"น้ำตา. (various references)

Turkish

gözyaşı damlası, gözyaşı (dewy, lachrymal, tear, tears, waterworks). (various references)

Turkmen 

яaю (age, secret, young), gцzяaю, gцz яaю. (various references)

fletus, lacrima. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "teardrop": teardrops. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Teardrop" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Deardorf. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: parroted, predator, prorated.

-1 letter: adopter, eardrop, praetor, prorate, readopt.

-2 letters: adorer, darter, depart, deport, dorper, draper, orated, parred, parrot, parted, petard, ported, porter, prated, prater, pretor, protea, raptor, redtop, report, retard, roared, tarred, trader.

-3 letters: adept, adopt, adore, aport, apter, ardor, darer, dater, depot, derat, doper, doter, drape, drear, dropt, oared, oater, opera, opted, orate, order, oread, padre, pared, pareo, parer, pated, pater, peart, pedro, pored, prate, raped, raper, rared, rated, rater, repot, repro, retro, roped, roper, taped, taper, tardo, tared, tarre, terra, toped, toper, trade, tread, trode, trope.

-4 letters: aero, aped, aper, apod, atop, dare, dart, date, dato, dear, doat, doer, dopa, dope, dore, dorp, dorr, dote, drat, drop, odea, oped, orad, orra, pard, pare, parr, part, pate, pear, peat, pert, poet, pore, port, prao, prat, proa, prod, rape, rapt, rare, rate, rato, read, reap, rear, redo, repo, road, roar, rode, rope, rota, rote, tape, tare, taro, tarp, tear, tepa, toad, toea, toed, tope, tora, tore, torr, trad, trap, trod, trop.

-5 letters: ado, ape, apt, are, art, ate, dap, doe, dor, dot, ear, eat, era, err, eta, oar, oat, ode, ope, opt, ora, ore, ort, pad, par, pat, pea, ped, per, pet, pod, pot, pro, rad, rap, rat, red, rep, ret, rod, roe, rot, tad, tae, tao, tap, tar, tea, ted, tod, toe, top, tor.

+1 letter: perorated, portrayed, predators, predatory, teardrops.

+2 letters: depredator, perforated, procreated, prorogated, prostrated, protracted, reoperated, reprobated, repudiator.

+3 letters: copartnered, deprecatory, depreciator, depredators, depredatory, dipterocarp, madreporite, petrodollar, predicatory, predoctoral, repudiators, transponder, transported.

+4 letters: antipredator, appropriated, carrottopped, depreciators, depreciatory, dipterocarps, draftsperson, expropriated, hydrotherapy, incorporated, madreporites, overoperated, petrodollars, plasterboard, preformatted, premeditator, preponderant, preponderate, prerogatived, procathedral, proliferated, proudhearted, radiotherapy, reciprocated, superstardom, transponders, trapezohedra, waterproofed.

+5 letters: antipredators, cotransported, daguerreotype, daguerreotypy, deprecatorily, draftspersons, hermaphrodite, intercompared, moderatorship, particleboard, plasterboards, predestinator, preformulated, premeditators, preordainment, preordination, preponderated, preponderates, procathedrals, reapportioned, repartitioned, stereographed, superordinate, superstardoms, trapezohedron.

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