Dictionary

dead drop en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A location used to secretly transfer items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
2. The act of leaving an item in such a location for another person to collect.

Forms

Antonyms

live drop

Synonyms

dubok

Translations (6)

ru тайни́к (location used to pass items between two people in secret) · fi kylmä kätkö (location used to pass items between two people in secret) · nl dode brievenbus (location used to pass items between two people in secret) · fr boite aux lettres morte (location used to pass items between two people in secret) · fi postilaatikko (location used to pass items between two people in secret) · de toter Briefkasten (location used to pass items between two people in secret)

dead drop en · VERB

Meanings

1. To leave at a dead drop for someone else to retrieve.
   • He was concerned for her, wondering why she would dead drop items at their special spot. As he reached the tree he saw the spot they slept, the west side of the tree near a large root. Nestled under the root he found a manila envelope. 2016, Michael Reid Jr, Debt of Fear, →ISBN:
   • The matchbox he used to “dead drop” his film was serviceable but primitive. His Panasonic radio allowed him only to receive messages, not send any, and the messages could be deciphered only with the help of a code pad. 2019, Stephen Kinzer, Poisoner in Chief:
   • Need to dead drop a note to a friend at school ? 2006, Suzanne Francis, Protecting Your Room, Your Stuff & Your Secrets:

Forms

Relateds

dead letter box