"dropping" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹɒpɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɹɑpɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-dropping.ogg [General-American] Forms: droppings [plural]
enPR: drŏpʹĭng Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} dropping (plural droppings)
  1. Something dropped; a droplet.
    Sense id: en-dropping-en-noun-lz9bOv5H
  2. (usually in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung. Tags: plural-normally Categories (topical): Feces Translations (animal excrement): σπύραθοι (spúrathoi) (note: of goats or sheep) [feminine, masculine, plural] (Ancient Greek), ծիրտ (cirt) (Armenian), курешки (kureški) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), (Chinese Mandarin), (fèn) (Chinese Mandarin), keutel [masculine] (Dutch), jätös (Finnish), uloste (Finnish), lanta (Finnish), papana (Finnish), crotte [feminine] (French), fiente (note: especially birds) [feminine] (French), cagalla [feminine] (Galician), bosta [feminine] (Galician), Kot [masculine] (German), βερβελιές (verveliés) [plural] (Greek), હગાર (hagār) (note: of birds) [feminine] (Gujarati), मैँगनी (ma͠ignī) [feminine] (Hindi), मेंगनी (meṅgnī) [feminine] (Hindi), मेगनी (megnī) [feminine] (Hindi), मींगनी (mīṅgnī) [feminine] (Hindi), मिंगनी (miṅgnī) [feminine] (Hindi), बीट (bīṭ) (note: especially birds) [feminine] (Hindi), escrementi [masculine, plural] (Italian), (kuso) (alt: くそ) (Japanese), ふん (fun) (Japanese), hamuti (Maori), hamiti (Maori), roke (Maori), tūtae (Maori), tiko (Maori), kurakura (Maori), weta (Maori), excrementos [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), помёт (pomjót) (alt: живо́тных) [masculine] (Russian), наво́з (navóz) (english: manure) [masculine] (Russian), кака́шки (kakáški) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), buachar [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), kaka (Sranan Tongo), spillning [common-gender] (Swedish), ipot (Tagalog), pislik (Turkish), polene (english: poultry) (Walloon), stron (note: especially dog and cat) [masculine] (Walloon), schite [feminine] (Walloon), tail [masculine] (Welsh), tom [feminine] (Welsh), dom [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), baw [masculine] (Welsh), cagl [masculine] (Welsh), ceglyn [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dropping-en-noun-M7gHgBYV Disambiguation of Feces: 6 77 3 13 Disambiguation of 'animal excrement': 1 97 2
  3. The act of something that drops or falls.
    Sense id: en-dropping-en-noun-Vkf8P1UU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: spoor

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɹɒpɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɹɑpɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-dropping.ogg [General-American]
enPR: drŏpʹĭng Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dropping
  1. present participle and gerund of drop Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: drop
    Sense id: en-dropping-en-verb-ZLeUcVXh Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks: 28 8 13 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 3 2 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 3 3 55

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          "roman": "bīṭ",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
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          "word": "बीट"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "animal excrement",
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          "alt": "くそ",
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          "roman": "kuso",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
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          "roman": "fun",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "word": "hamuti"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "word": "hamiti"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "word": "roke"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "word": "tūtae"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "word": "tiko"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "word": "kurakura"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "word": "weta"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "excrementos"
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          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "alt": "живо́тных",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pomjót",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "помёт"
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          "english": "manure",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "navóz",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
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          "word": "наво́з"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "kakáški",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
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          "sense": "animal excrement",
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          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "word": "kaka"
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          "sense": "animal excrement",
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "word": "ipot"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "word": "pislik"
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          "english": "poultry",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
          "word": "polene"
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          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
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          "note": "especially dog and cat",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
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          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "animal excrement",
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          "sense": "animal excrement",
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          "sense": "animal excrement",
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɹɑpɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɒpɪŋ"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/En-us-dropping.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
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      "enpr": "drŏpʹĭng"
    }
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}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verb forms",
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    {
      "word": "bird dropping spider"
    },
    {
      "word": "crotch dropping"
    },
    {
      "word": "crotch-dropping"
    },
    {
      "word": "cunt dropping"
    },
    {
      "word": "dropping in"
    },
    {
      "word": "g-dropping"
    },
    {
      "word": "h-dropping"
    },
    {
      "word": "pigeon dropping"
    },
    {
      "word": "r-dropping"
    },
    {
      "word": "ring-dropping"
    },
    {
      "word": "turkey dropping"
    },
    {
      "word": "yod dropping"
    },
    {
      "word": "yod-dropping"
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1821, Henry Hunt, A peep into a prison, page 193",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "a rabbit dropping"
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          "ref": "1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 36",
          "text": "At length, after several droppings asleep, […] Mr. Dowler made up his mind that he would throw himself on the bed […]"
        }
      ],
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        "The act of something that drops or falls."
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɹɒpɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹɑpɪŋ/",
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        "General-American"
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      "enpr": "drŏpʹĭng"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cirt",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "ծիրտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kureški",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "курешки"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "糞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fèn",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "粪"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "keutel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "jätös"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "uloste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "lanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "papana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crotte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "especially birds",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cagalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kot"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "verveliés",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "βερβελιές"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "note": "of goats or sheep",
      "roman": "spúrathoi",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "σπύραθοι"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "note": "of birds",
      "roman": "hagār",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "હગાર"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ma͠ignī",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मैँगनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "meṅgnī",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मेंगनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "megnī",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मेगनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mīṅgnī",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मींगनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "miṅgnī",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मिंगनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "note": "especially birds",
      "roman": "bīṭ",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "बीट"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "escrementi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くそ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kuso",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "糞"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fun",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "ふん"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "hamuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "hamiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "roke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "tūtae"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "tiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "kurakura"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "weta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "excrementos"
    },
    {
      "alt": "живо́тных",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomjót",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "помёт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "manure",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navóz",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наво́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kakáški",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кака́шки"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buachar"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "kaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spillning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "ipot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "pislik"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "english": "poultry",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "word": "polene"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "note": "especially dog and cat",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stron"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "schite"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tail"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tom"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dom"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baw"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cagl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "animal excrement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceglyn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dropping"
}

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