raindrop

American  

[reyn-drop] / ˈreɪnˌdrɒp /

noun

• raindrops
  plural

1. a drop of rain.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• raindrops
  plural

Etymology

Origin of raindrop

before 1000; Middle English rein-drop ( e ); Old English regndropa; see rain, drop

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

raindrop raindrops

Mr. Scorsese makes his nocturnal vision pop with every glowing streetlight and every thick raindrop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

When a raindrop lands on the floating dielectric film, the water beneath it provides the strength needed to absorb the impact because of its incompressibility and surface tension.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2025

City's latest jersey features a raindrop graphic over a grey background, with neon green accents on the neck, shoulders and sides.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025

Think a slow-motion raindrop hurtling toward your face, or shots of the animals racing around like they’ve got a GoPro camera on their collar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024

A large raindrop splashed down on the paper, and the man hurriedly rolled it up and grabbed his tin box of crayons.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

A clap of thunder cracked over the town of Lege-Cap-Ferret, and a few raindrops started to fall over the coastal region that has seen France's worst wildfire since 1949.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Large raindrops fall five times faster than drizzle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Brighter clouds cool the ocean surface below while also reducing rainfall because the smaller cloud droplets are less likely to combine into raindrops.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

Amid intermittent raindrops, we were talking about cars from the ’60s when Renée stopped walking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

“When I first came here, it seemed like my husband and I sat here all the time watching the raindrops dance.”

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed