dropper

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From drop +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dropper (plural droppers)

  1. A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
    • 1964, The Velvet Underground (lyrics and music), “Heroin”:
      'Cause when the blood begins to flow
      When it shoots up the dropper's neck […]
  2. One who 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.
    • 1975, Alison M. Abel, Popular party games, page 11:
      The child with the letter runs around the outside of the ring, repeating the words over and over again, and at one point drops the letter behind one of the players, who must pick it up and chase the dropper.
  3. (computing) A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
  4. (fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
  5. (mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
  6. A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
  7. (Australia) A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
  8. (slang) A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
    • 1969, Criminologist, number 11, page 123:
      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.
    • 1973, Arthur J. La Bern, Noël C. Browne, Haigh: the mind of a murderer, page 39:
      […] 'dropper' — the person who presents the cheque at the bank or elsewhere — who takes the risk. […] On the other hand, 'kite droppers' usually work in teams.
  9. (tennis, informal) A drop shot.

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English drop + -er (verbal infinitive suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

dropper

  1. (transitive, golf) to drop (a golf ball in a position other than it has landed)
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to drop (to forget, cease talking about)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of dropper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple dropper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple droppant
/dʁɔ.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle droppé
/dʁɔ.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present droppe
/dʁɔp/ 		droppes
/dʁɔp/ 		droppe
/dʁɔp/ 		droppons
/dʁɔ.pɔ̃/ 		droppez
/dʁɔ.pe/ 		droppent
/dʁɔp/
imperfect droppais
/dʁɔ.pɛ/ 		droppais
/dʁɔ.pɛ/ 		droppait
/dʁɔ.pɛ/ 		droppions
/dʁɔ.pjɔ̃/ 		droppiez
/dʁɔ.pje/ 		droppaient
/dʁɔ.pɛ/
past historic2 droppai
/dʁɔ.pe/ 		droppas
/dʁɔ.pa/ 		droppa
/dʁɔ.pa/ 		droppâmes
/dʁɔ.pam/ 		droppâtes
/dʁɔ.pat/ 		droppèrent
/dʁɔ.pɛʁ/
future dropperai
/dʁɔ.pʁe/ 		dropperas
/dʁɔ.pʁa/ 		droppera
/dʁɔ.pʁa/ 		dropperons
/dʁɔ.pʁɔ̃/ 		dropperez
/dʁɔ.pʁe/ 		dropperont
/dʁɔ.pʁɔ̃/
conditional dropperais
/dʁɔ.pʁɛ/ 		dropperais
/dʁɔ.pʁɛ/ 		dropperait
/dʁɔ.pʁɛ/ 		dropperions
/dʁɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		dropperiez
/dʁɔ.pə.ʁje/ 		dropperaient
/dʁɔ.pʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present droppe
/dʁɔp/ 		droppes
/dʁɔp/ 		droppe
/dʁɔp/ 		droppions
/dʁɔ.pjɔ̃/ 		droppiez
/dʁɔ.pje/ 		droppent
/dʁɔp/
imperfect2 droppasse
/dʁɔ.pas/ 		droppasses
/dʁɔ.pas/ 		droppât
/dʁɔ.pa/ 		droppassions
/dʁɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		droppassiez
/dʁɔ.pa.sje/ 		droppassent
/dʁɔ.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — droppe
/dʁɔp/ 		— droppons
/dʁɔ.pɔ̃/ 		droppez
/dʁɔ.pe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Verb[edit]

dropper

  1. present tense of droppe
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