drop a bomb

present singular third person drops a bomb · participle present dropping a bomb · participle past dropped a bomb · past dropped a bomb

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, bomb.
2. alternativeidiomaticAlternative form 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. UKeuphemisticslangTo 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

   Synonyms: flatulate

4. USeuphemisticslangTo release feces into a toilet; to defecate.

   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?

   2 more examples

   To drop a bomb in the public toilet.

   1989, Brian King, The Conceptual Structure of Emotional Experience in Chinese, Lulu.com, page 66

   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

   Synonyms: drop a chalupa