dropper
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Also called medicine dropper. Also called eyedropper. a tube with a hollow rubber bulb at one end and a small opening at the other, for drawing in a liquid and expelling it in drops.
For pets that don't like droppers, this medication also comes in a spray.
You can dilute the tempera a little at a time by adding water with an eye dropper.
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the amount held or dispensed by such a tube.
Take two droppers of the echinacea tincture, swish it in your mouth for about 15 seconds, and swallow.
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Angling. a short length of nylon, gut, etc., tied to a leader so that another fly dropper fly can be attached.
This is a great summer fly that you can fish on a dropper or simply on its own.
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a short-haired dog that is a cross between a pointer and a setter, so named because it drops to the ground, or crouches, on sighting game.
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a person or thing that drops.
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a small tube having a rubber bulb at one end for drawing up and dispensing drops of liquid
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a person or thing that drops
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angling a short length of monofilament by which a fly is attached to the main trace or leader above the tail fly
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a batten attached to the top wire of a fence to keep the wires apart
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The Tri-Nations triopoly has been broken only once - 2003, Jonny Wilkinson's glorious dropper and all that.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
I am an inveterate name dropper as you have just very politely pointed out.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023
Bitters are added to drinks using a medicine dropper instead of a dasher bottle.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022
The acids come in dropper bottles ranging between 10 and 24 karats.
From Encyclopedia.com • Apr. 9, 2018
Similar to a water dropper Min had once made.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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