dropper

IPA: drˈɑpɝ

noun

  • A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
  • One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
  • (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.
  • (Australia) A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
  • (slang) A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
  • (tennis, informal) A drop shot.
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Examples of "dropper" in Sentences

  • And The Stump could be a name dropper with the best of them too.
  • Cat history, the Radical is such a name dropper, the Radical Is Too Busy To Blog
  • Mary Maples Dunn, the Berkshire Conference, the Lunbeck Report, the Radical is such a name dropper
  • Being a strong supporter of hopper/dropper fishing, you know that the dropper is going to pull more fish.
  • And Susan, you're not a name dropper, so for you to drop Warren Buffett's name in that tease, this must have been special.
  • And, besides, I am not a name dropper and I do not take credit for other people work, EVEN if I actually have a significant input.
  • If you are being interviewed by a television reporter for an edited story, be sure to be a name dropper - just make sure the name you drop is the reporter's name.
  • Susman is a respected figure in Chicago -- he was born and bred in St. Louis and arrived in Chicago in 1989 -- and his critics do not doubt his intelligence and energy, but some complain that he is a name dropper -- he dropped many during my interview with him -- and social climber.

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