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airdrop en · NOUN

Etymology

From air + drop.

Meanings

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

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
airdrops	Number=Plur		lexicographic
air-drop		alternative	lexicographic

Coordinates

airlift

Deriveds

AirDrop

Translations (11)

fi lentopudotus (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · de Abwurf (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · de Fallschirmabwurf (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · es entrega aérea (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · es lanzamiento en paracaídas (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · nl dropping (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · it lancio con il paracadute (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · es entrega por paracaídas (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · es lanzamiento aéreo (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · fi ilmapudotus (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · pl zrzut (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft)

airdrop en · VERB

Etymology

From air + drop.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To deliver goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
   • 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. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Vehicles: M35 Mako Codex entry:
2. (intransitive, transitive) To distribute free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
3. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of AirDrop.
   alt of AirDrop

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
air-drop		alternative	lexicographic
airdrops	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
airdropping	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
airdropped	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
airdropped	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Coordinates

airlift

Deriveds

airdropper · airdroppable

Translations (11)

nl met valschermen afwerpen (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · fr larguer par parachute (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · pl dokonać zrzutu (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · it paracadutare (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · fi tehdä ilmapudotus (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · fr parachuter (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · it lanciare con il paracadute (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · fi pudottaa lentokoneesta (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · nl droppen (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · fi tehdä lentopudotus (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft) · pl dokonywać zrzutu (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft)