- present participle of drop.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dropping
before 1000; Middle English; Old English droppung. See drop, -ing 1
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The group found that the number of such candidates fell by about 30% between 2022 and 2026, dropping from 285 to 197.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
He had just returned home to Reno after dropping out of community college and was working odd jobs sweeping popcorn at a movie theater and stocking shelves at a local 7-Eleven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Díaz was feeling tightness around the front side of his right trapezius muscle, which could have contributed to Díaz dropping his arm angle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The water line is dropping around 20 to 22 centimetres a day.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Besides, there were a few bad luck things that I believed in—things like hearing a screech owl at midnight, tripping over a broom, or dropping the water bucket in the well.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
They can get into light beams and factory equipment, and buffing bird droppings out of freshly-painted vehicles is no easy task.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The discovery suggests that other fossilized droppings stored in museums or still waiting to be found could contain similarly delicate remains that have gone unnoticed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
"The caterpillars look like leaves, the chrysalis like bird droppings, and the adults stay high in trees," he explained.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
The island's distinctive white colour comes from bird droppings - also known as guano - which coat the surface and give it a distinctive smell.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
If you accidentally stepped in a pile of chicken droppings while collecting eggs one morning, what would you do?
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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