English Explanatory Dictionary

airdrop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
  2. The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
verb
  1. To deliver goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
  2. To distribute free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of AirDrop.
name
  1. A wireless service of Apple Inc. which can transfer files among supported Macintosh computers and iOS devices by means of close-range wireless communication.
verb
  1. To transfer a file using AirDrop.

Word forms

airdrop airdrops air-drop airdropping airdropped

Etymology

From air + drop.

Related words

Bluetooth airdrop

Derived words

airdroppable airdropper
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