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drop a bomb en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, bomb.
2. (alt-of, alternative, idiomatic) Alternative form of drop a bombshell.
   alt of drop a bombshell
   • Three hours after Hussein Kamel left, he called my office and dropped a bomb on me. “President Saddam has asked to see you in person,” he said. 2004, Mahdi Obeidi, Kurt Pitzer, Bomb in My Garden: The Secrets of Saddam's Nuclear Mastermind, page 93:
3. (UK, euphemistic, slang) To release noxious gas from the bowels: to fart.
   • Let's say you're at school and you accidentally drop a bomb in class. Try coughing or dropping a book to cover up the sound. 2004, Bart King, Chris Sabatino, The Big Book of Boy Stuff, page 129:
4. (US, euphemistic, slang) To release feces into a toilet; to defecate.
   • I had to drop a bomb! What the hell was I going to do? So I pulled down my bathing suit, lying on my back, with my ass in the water, and shat. 2004, Michael Ryan, The Dirtiest Toilet Humor Book Ever, iUniverse, page 7:
   • 1998, ʻĀrīyā Chumsāi, ʻĀrīyā Sirisōphā, Mūat Po̜p =: Boot Camp - English title: Basic training (Military education), Fiučhœ̄ Phaplitching, page 79, ...prepare your backpack and MAYBE spare a minute to drop a bomb in the toilet?
   • To drop a bomb in the public toilet. 1989, Brian King, The Conceptual Structure of Emotional Experience in Chinese, Lulu.com, page 66:

Forms

Synonyms

drop the kids off at the pool · drop a chalupa (to shit) · flatulate (to fart) · drop a deuce · drop anchor