dropping
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dropping
- /ˈdɹɒpɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈdɹɑpɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒpɪŋ
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, drop + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of drop
noun droppings
- Something dropped; a droplet. The information we received was, that as the roof has no gutters, the droppings of water from the roof are driven by the wind against the wall.
- A piece of animal excrement; dung. a rabbit dropping
- The act of something that drops or falls. At length, after several droppings asleep, […] Mr. Dowler made up his mind that he would throw himself on the bed […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: falling, descending, plummeting, downing, down, downed, toppling, declining, slipping, lowering, quashing, dumping, waning, dwindling, detach, diminishing
Translations
Every language
noun animal excrement
| 日本語 | 糞 kuso, ふん fun |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 糞 /粪 fèn |
| हिन्दी | मैँगनी ma͠ignī, मेंगनी meṅgnī, मेगनी megnī, मींगनी mīṅgnī, मिंगनी miṅgnī, बीट bīṭ |
| Português | excrementos |
| Français | crotte, fiente |
| Deutsch | Kot |
| Italiano | escrementi |
| Ελληνικά | βερβελιές verveliés |
| Română | găinaț |
| Русский | помёт pomjót, наво́з navóz, кака́шки kakáški |
| Tiếng Việt | phân |
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