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  • adjective Capable of being dropped (especially by an aircraft).

Etymologies

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drop +‎ -able

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Examples

  • At this point we were getting a little bit discouraged by the many long hikes we had taken into the jungle without finding "droppable" sinkhole features.

    Search for the Maya Underworld - Day Seven 2001

  • It explains how to do this properly - i.e. enable the QuickLaunch bar, put the Recycle Bin in it, and then it will be droppable, right-clickable, and thus enable you to do away with the desktop icon.

    Put A Recycle Bin Shortcut On The Windows 7 Taskbar | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • After mixing up the batter (which came together beautifully) the dough was soft but droppable.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • After mixing up the batter (which came together beautifully) the dough was soft but droppable.

    Ricotta Cookies 2009

  • Capping the “splash,” another P-51 pilot called Jukebox 70, the B-17 rescue aircraft standing by with a droppable boat.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • Capping the “splash,” another P-51 pilot called Jukebox 70, the B-17 rescue aircraft standing by with a droppable boat.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • It explains how to do this properly - i.e. enable the QuickLaunch bar, put the Recycle Bin in it, and then it will be droppable, right-clickable, and thus enable you to do away with the desktop icon.

    Put A Recycle Bin Shortcut On The Windows 7 Taskbar | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • I was on the other side, with my fancy Harvard PhD and my book agent with the name-droppable list of clients.

    Bella DePaulo: How O. J. Killed My Book 2008

  • SAR kits are usually pre-packaged in palletised form that is, on a standard 463L air-droppable pallet.

    Who's writing the rulebook? 2007

  • One source at the taping told Radar the taping was “hit and miss — some stuff was inspired, and some was droppable, to say the least.”

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 24, 2007 2007

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