drop bear

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drop bear

/dɹɒp bɛə/ UK
/dɹɔp bɛː(ɹ)/ Australia
/dɹɑp bɛɚ/ US

noun drop bears · drop-bear · dropbear

humorous A fictional Australian marsupial in the form of a large, carnivorous koala said to fall upon its prey from treetops. You don't know what drop bears are? Fair dink, don't they teach you blokes anything? Fancy sending a bloke to a place like this and not telling him about drop bears.

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@misc{drop_bear_2026,
  title = {drop bear},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drop%20bear},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}