dropper
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒpə(r)
Noun
dropper (plural droppers)
- A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
- 1964 : Heroin by The Velvet Underground
- 'Cause when the blood begins to flow
- When it shoots up the dropper's neck
- 1964 : Heroin by The Velvet Underground
- 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.
- (computing) A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
- (fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
- (mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
- A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
Translations
utensil
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one who drops something
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software component
fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly
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Anagrams
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English drop + -er (verbal infinitive suffix).
Pronunciation
Verb
dropper
- (transitive, golf) to drop (a golf ball in a position other than it has landed)
- (transitive, colloquial) to drop (to forget, cease talking about)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dropper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | dropper | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “dropper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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dropper
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