dropping

English

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ

Verb

dropping

present participle of drop

Noun

dropping (plural droppings)

(usually in the plural) A piece of animal excrement.
a rabbit dropping
The act of something that drops or falls.
- 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 36
  At length, after several droppings asleep, […] Mr. Dowler made up his mind that he would throw himself on the bed […]

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