dropout

or drop-out

[ drop-out ]

/ ˈdrɒpˌaʊt /

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noun

an act or instance of dropping out.

a student who withdraws before completing a course of instruction.

a student who withdraws from high school after having reached the legal age to do so.

a person who withdraws from established society, especially to pursue an alternate lifestyle.

a person who withdraws from a competition, job, task, etc.: the first dropout from the presidential race.

Rugby. a drop kick made by a defending team from within its own 25-yard (23-meter) line as a result of a touchdown or of the ball's having touched or gone outside of a touch-in-goal line or the dead-ball line.

Also called highlight halftone. a halftone negative or plate in which dots have been eliminated from highlights by continued etching, burning in, opaquing, or the like.

Also called dropout error. the loss of portions of the information on a recorded magnetic tape due to contamination of the magnetic medium or poor contact with the tape heads.

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Origin of dropout

1925–30, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase drop out

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How to use dropout in a sentence

Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
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For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.
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On Thursday, Garcetti ruled himself out of the race to succeed Boxer.
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Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
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And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum

British Dictionary definitions for dropout

dropout

/ (ˈdrɒpˌaʊt) /

noun

a student who fails to complete a school or college course

a person who rejects conventional society

drop-out rugby a drop kick taken by the defending team to restart play, as after a touchdown

drop-out electronics a momentary loss of signal in a magnetic recording medium as a result of an imperfection in its magnetic coating

verb drop out (intr, adverb often foll by of)

to abandon or withdraw from (a school, social group, job, etc)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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drop out

Withdraw from participation in a group such as a school, club, or game; also, withdraw from society owing to disillusionment. For example, He couldn't afford the membership dues and had to drop out, or She planned to drop out from college for a year. [Late 1800s]

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