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dropper

  • /ˈdɹɒp.ə/ UK
  • /ˈdɹɔp.ə/ Australia
  • /ˈdɹɑ.pɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɒpə(ɹ)

noun droppers

  1. A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time. 'Cause when the blood begins to flow When it shoots up the dropper's neck[…]
  2. One who or that which 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.
  3. An entity that drops objects of a particular kind. In most tycoons, you will find an automatic machine called a dropper, which is used for producing bricks.
  4. A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
  5. A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
  6. A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
  7. The young bulb of a tulip, not of flowering size.
  8. A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
  9. Australia A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
  10. slang A person who uses fraudulent cheques. 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.
  11. informal A drop shot.
  12. historical A delivery by lob bowling (no longer legal).
  13. historical A bowler who makes such deliveries.
  14. A seat post whose height can be adjusted while riding.

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noun utensil

Españolcuentagotas, gotero, gotario
Portuguêsconta-gotas
Françaiscompte-goutte
Italianocontagocce
Русскийпипе́тка pipétka

noun software component

Русскийдро́ппер drópper

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@misc{dropper_2026,
  title = {dropper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dropper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}