dropper
English
Etymology
From drop + -er.
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɒp.ə/
Audio (Berkshire, UK)) (file) - (AusE) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɔp.ə/
- (GenAm) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɑ.pɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ)
Noun
dropper (plural droppers)
- A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
- 1964, The Velvet Underground (lyrics and music), “Heroin”:
- 'Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck […]
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- One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
- The dropper left the suitcase with the bomb next to the garbage can.
- 1975, Alison M. Abel, Popular party games (page 11)
- The child with the letter runs around the outside of the ring, repeating the words over and over again, and at one point drops the letter behind one of the players, who must pick it up and chase the dropper.
- (computing) A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
- (fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
- (mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
- A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
- (Australia) A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
- (slang) A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
- 1969, Criminologist (issue 11, page 123)
- Thus an American police chief discussing the 'cheque-droppers', then peculiar to his side of the Atlantic, who were taking a toll estimated at […] Over the years, forgery has tended to be an amateur operation — a crime of opportunity.
- 1973, Arthur J. La Bern, Noël C. Browne, Haigh: the mind of a murderer (page 39)
- […] 'dropper' — the person who presents the cheque at the bank or elsewhere — who takes the risk. […] On the other hand, 'kite droppers' usually work in teams.
- 1969, Criminologist (issue 11, page 123)
- (tennis, informal) A drop shot.
Derived terms
- dime dropper
- dime-dropper
- marmalade dropper
- name dropper
- name-dropper
- pink panty dropper
Translations
utensil
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one who drops something
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software component
fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly
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Anagrams
- predrop
French
Alternative forms
- droper
Etymology
From English drop + -er (verbal infinitive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʁɔ.pe/
Audio (file)
Verb
dropper
- (transitive, golf) to drop (a golf ball in a position other than it has landed)
- (transitive, colloquial) to drop (to forget, cease talking about)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dropper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | dropper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | droppant /dʁɔ.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | droppé /dʁɔ.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | droppe /dʁɔp/ | droppes /dʁɔp/ | droppe /dʁɔp/ | droppons /dʁɔ.pɔ̃/ | droppez /dʁɔ.pe/ | droppent /dʁɔp/ |
| imperfect | droppais /dʁɔ.pɛ/ | droppais /dʁɔ.pɛ/ | droppait /dʁɔ.pɛ/ | droppions /dʁɔ.pjɔ̃/ | droppiez /dʁɔ.pje/ | droppaient /dʁɔ.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | droppai /dʁɔ.pe/ | droppas /dʁɔ.pa/ | droppa /dʁɔ.pa/ | droppâmes /dʁɔ.pam/ | droppâtes /dʁɔ.pat/ | droppèrent /dʁɔ.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | dropperai /dʁɔ.pʁe/ | dropperas /dʁɔ.pʁa/ | droppera /dʁɔ.pʁa/ | dropperons /dʁɔ.pʁɔ̃/ | dropperez /dʁɔ.pʁe/ | dropperont /dʁɔ.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | dropperais /dʁɔ.pʁɛ/ | dropperais /dʁɔ.pʁɛ/ | dropperait /dʁɔ.pʁɛ/ | dropperions /dʁɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ | dropperiez /dʁɔ.pə.ʁje/ | dropperaient /dʁɔ.pʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | droppe /dʁɔp/ | droppes /dʁɔp/ | droppe /dʁɔp/ | droppions /dʁɔ.pjɔ̃/ | droppiez /dʁɔ.pje/ | droppent /dʁɔp/ |
| imperfect2 | droppasse /dʁɔ.pas/ | droppasses /dʁɔ.pas/ | droppât /dʁɔ.pa/ | droppassions /dʁɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/ | droppassiez /dʁɔ.pa.sje/ | droppassent /dʁɔ.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | droppe /dʁɔp/ | — | droppons /dʁɔ.pɔ̃/ | droppez /dʁɔ.pe/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “dropper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb
dropper
- present tense of droppe