AIRDROP (airdropped, airdropping)

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Irregular inflected forms: airdropped    , airdropping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does airdrop mean? 

• AIRDROP (noun)
  The noun AIRDROP has 1 sense:

1. delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft

  Familiarity information: AIRDROP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIRDROP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop

Hypernyms ("airdrop" is a kind of...):

bringing; delivery (the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail))