droop
(drōōp)
[Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drūpa.]
verb: drooped, droop·ing, droops.
intransitive verb
- To bend or hang downward: “His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls” (Gore Vidal)
- To bend or sag gradually: flowers drooping in the midday heat.
- To sag in dejection or exhaustion: drooped from lack of sleep.
transitive verb
- To let bend or hang down: “He drooped his body over the rail” (Norman Mailer)
noun
- The act or condition of drooping.
derivatives
- drooṕi·ly
- adverb
- drooṕy
- adjective