- 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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He swept the 'Sunshine Double' - the name given to the back-to-back tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami Open - without dropping a set.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
And it appeared to work, with the 30-year yield dropping nearly a tenth of a percentage point in the initial hours after it was made—a sizable change for such a short period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Cerebras shares were hit especially hard amid a sector-wide chip selloff Tuesday, dropping 13%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Here we see a vertical pass into Bruno Fernandes dropping deep, something central midfielder Youri Tielemans notices.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
I go in the middle of the night so they don’t see me dropping the letters in their mailbox.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Along with the droppings and camera trap evidence, burrows in the mud bank are also a good indication of the population.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
First, hantavirus is a family of viruses that typically spreads to humans from rodent droppings or urine such as when someone inhales particles near infected rodents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Typically spread through exposure to infected rodents’ urine and droppings, it’s notoriously difficult to diagnose and has no specified antiviral treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
With other hantaviruses, infections occur when a person is exposed to or inhales the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
The robin continued screeching and fluttering, and then—splat—she splattered her droppings across the robot’s face.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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