drop-by
noun
a short and generally somewhat informal visit.
drop-bys
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pluralof drop-by.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A small, no-reservations-required lounge area is designed for pop-ins and drop-bys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
As of this writing, it’s logged 194 house finch visits, 83 California towhee drop-bys, 5 squirrel sorties and a lone pine siskin pop in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
The candidate has favored meet-and-greets and sporting-event drop-bys that were not widely advertised ahead of time over the kinds of rallies he is holding in the campaign’s final days.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Weekly drop-bys and frequent sleepovers were replaced with phone calls and FaceTime, and then — as the weather began to warm — with socially distanced, outdoor visits that felt better than nothing but still strange.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2021
Visitors--you get more office drop-bys when you have a weird walking desk than when you have doughnuts--sweetly avert their eyes as the weight question comes up.
From Time Magazine Archive
