airdrop

airdrop

English

Alternative forms

• air-drop

Etymology

air +‎ drop

Noun

airdrop (plural airdrops)

1. The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
2. (cryptocurrencies) The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
   • [2019 June 18, Kari Paul, “What is Libra? All you need to know about Facebook's new cryptocurrency”, in The Guardian‎:

     But Facebook is also likely to carry out what’s known in cryptocurrency circles as an “air drop”, handing out small amounts of currency for free in an effort to kickstart the ecosystem.]

Translations

act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft

Dutch: dropping (nl) m German: Abwurf (de) m, Fallschirmabwurf m Italian: lancio con il paracadute m Polish: zrzut (pl) m Spanish: entrega aérea f, entrega por paracaídas f, lanzamiento aéreo m, lanzamiento en paracaídas m

Verb

airdrop (third-person singular simple present airdrops, present participle airdropping, simple past and past participle airdropped)

1. To delivery goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Vehicles: M35 Mako Codex entry:

     The Mako is powered by a sealed hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell, and includes a small element zero core. While not large enough to nullify the vehicle’s mass, the core can reduce it enough to be safely air-dropped.

Translations

to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft

Dutch: droppen (nl), met valschermen afwerpen Italian: lanciare con il paracadute, paracadutare (it)