dropping

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: drŏpʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɒpɪŋ/
• (General American) enPR: drŏpʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑpɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ
• Hyphenation: drop‧ping

dropping

1. present participle and gerund of drop

dropping (plural droppings)

1. Something dropped; a droplet. [14th C.]
   • 1821, Henry Hunt, A peep into a prison, page 193:

     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.

2. (usually in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung. [late 16th C.]

   a rabbit dropping

3. The act of something that drops or falls.
   • 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 36:

     At length, after several droppings asleep, […] Mr. Dowler made up his mind that he would throw himself on the bed […]

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