The action which usually happens before a hockey fight.
Spectator 1:Whoa! he is dropping the gloves
Spectator 2:Totally!
Hockey slang for fighting.
When players come to fight, they drop their gloves so they can hit each other's face with bare fists.
When players drop the gloves, the commentator may say, for instance:
"John Kordic just dropped the gloves!"
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when players of two opposing teams take off and drop their gloves in order to fight the other player/team authentically. usually in hockey and lacrosse
you gotta drop your gloves if you wanna fight him!
To fight
In an act of road rage, these two fools decided it was time to start dropping gloves.
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