Dropping a plunger into a gas well to knock a stuck plunger free. Also, sometimes used to describe dropping a soap stick into a gas well to knock a plunger free.
The pumper decided to Drop a Bone into the Strickland Well to free the plunger, but accidentally plugged the well.
Went dropping the other night and now I’m the proud owner of some Scottish Bagpipes. I know I was just as surprised!
It means you're fooling acting crazy
Them boys be dropping over there I was at the club last night It was dropping
When whales purposely drop their SP after outspending their ability. They feel they should get automatic wins due to the cost.
Did you see <whale> was losing all their games after spending £1,000? They're now SP dropping to bring themselves back into the correct skill bracket.
dropping hints/ new information.
I was dropping socks like crazy but he wasn't picking them up.
An easy task going publically wrong. Especially when a public figure (politician, news reporter, celebrity, athlete etc.) messes up a seemingly easy task which results in a negative outcome. Usually something that should be celebratory, positive, or is intended to make them look good or gather support to their cause and they wind up looking foolish or careless and their intention backfires. Origins: from Mayor De Blasio dropping the groundhog "Charlotte" in Staten Island event February 2, 2014 and causing the animal to die a week later due to internal injuries.
"When he touched all the microphones, Rudy Gobert was sure dropping the groundhog." (March 2020 Gobert indended to make a point about the overreaction to coronavirus and wound up infecting himself and getting the NBA season cancelled).