Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dropping
before 1000; Middle English; Old English droppung. See drop, -ing 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
What’s more, they’re at risk of dropping to 0-3 for the first time since 2017, their first season after relocating to Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Luke felt overwhelmed with both pride and grief after dropping his son off at university for the first time.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
U.S. spirits exports to Canada fell roughly 70% over a 12-month period, dropping from $232 million to $72 million, while U.S. wine exports to Canada plunged by 87%, from $456 million to $60 million.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
More join in, and soon everybody is singing along, dropping the tension enough to relax a little.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
She ignored the coachman’s offered hand and climbed out of the carriage herself, dropping lightly to the ground.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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
Simply finding droppings therefore does not necessarily prove that termites are currently active.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 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
B&M Retail Ltd has been fined £2m over mice infestations at three Birmingham stores where inspectors found rodent-gnawed foodstuffs and droppings near children's toys.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Mildred's just got a whiff of dogs' droppings, Your Grandness!” someone called back to her.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
