Word.ws English Dictionary

could hear a pin drop

could hear a pin drop is the alternative form of one could hear a pin drop.

Meaning of one could hear a pin drop

Phrase

one could hear a pin drop

  1. (idiomatic) Extremely quiet, for example, as during a lull in a normally bustling place or scene, or at a sudden dramatic or tense moment.
    • Told the waiter Big Joe was settin' me up / Aw!, you coulda heard a pin drop, it got deathly quiet / And the waiter's face turned kinda white1967, Tommy Faile, “Phantom 309”, performed by Red Sovine

Questions about could hear a pin drop

What is could hear a pin drop the alternative form of?
Could hear a pin drop is the alternative form of one could hear a pin drop.

Words near could hear a pin drop in the dictionary

  1. could have cared less
  2. could have done with
  3. could have fooled me
  4. could have sworn
  5. could have, would have, should have
  6. could hear a pin drop
  7. could I get the bill
  8. could I see the menu, please
  9. could not away with
  10. could not care less
  11. could not get elected dogcatcher

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: could hear a pin drop (page history and authors); one could hear a pin drop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “could hear a pin drop.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/could_hear_a_pin_drop. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.