"airdrop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: airdrops [plural]
Etymology: From air + drop. Etymology templates: {{com|en|air|drop}} air + drop Head templates: {{en-noun}} airdrop (plural airdrops)
  1. The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight. Categories (topical): Aviation Translations (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft): dropping [masculine] (Dutch), ilmapudotus (Finnish), lentopudotus (Finnish), Abwurf [masculine] (German), Fallschirmabwurf [masculine] (German), lancio con il paracadute [masculine] (Italian), zrzut [masculine] (Polish), entrega aérea [feminine] (Spanish), entrega por paracaídas [feminine] (Spanish), lanzamiento aéreo [masculine] (Spanish), lanzamiento en paracaídas [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-airdrop-en-noun-4eaBnZpZ Disambiguation of Aviation: 29 10 34 13 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 10 35 10 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 5 37 9 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 9 32 13 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 7 31 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 6 27 14 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 7 29 13 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 5 29 13 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 6 27 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 5 27 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 6 30 12 25 Disambiguation of 'act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft': 98 2
  2. (cryptocurrencies) The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency. Categories (topical): Cryptocurrency
    Sense id: en-airdrop-en-noun-e8JsqR09 Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: air-drop
Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

Forms: airdrops [present, singular, third-person], airdropping [participle, present], airdropped [participle, past], airdropped [past]
Etymology: From air + drop. Etymology templates: {{com|en|air|drop}} air + drop Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} airdrop (third-person singular simple present airdrops, present participle airdropping, simple past and past participle airdropped)
  1. To deliver goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight. Categories (topical): Aviation Translations (to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft): droppen (Dutch), met valschermen afwerpen (Dutch), pudottaa lentokoneesta (Finnish), tehdä ilmapudotus (Finnish), tehdä lentopudotus (Finnish), parachuter (French), larguer par parachute (French), lanciare con il paracadute (Italian), paracadutare (Italian), dokonywać zrzutu [imperfective] (Polish), dokonać zrzutu [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-airdrop-en-verb-oxR-G1bN Disambiguation of Aviation: 29 10 34 13 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 10 35 10 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 5 37 9 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 9 32 13 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 7 31 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 6 27 14 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 7 29 13 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 5 29 13 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 6 27 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 5 27 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 6 30 12 25 Disambiguation of 'to drop goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft': 94 3 3
  2. (cryptocurrencies) To distribute free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency. Categories (topical): Cryptocurrency, Aviation
    Sense id: en-airdrop-en-verb-shVZwUfv Disambiguation of Aviation: 29 10 34 13 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 10 35 10 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 9 32 13 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 7 31 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 6 27 14 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 7 29 13 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 5 29 13 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 6 27 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 5 27 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 6 30 12 25 Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance
  3. Alternative letter-case form of AirDrop. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: AirDrop Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-airdrop-en-verb-ruTNf7jK Disambiguation of Aviation: 29 10 34 13 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 10 35 10 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 5 37 9 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 9 32 13 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 7 31 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 6 27 14 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 7 29 13 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 5 29 13 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 6 27 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 5 27 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 6 30 12 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 5 25 16 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: air-drop Derived forms: airdroppable
Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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