drop-off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sudden downward slope or cliff.
  2. The precipitous outer side of a coral reef, facing the open sea.
  3. A decrease; especially, a sudden one.
  4. A delivery; the act of leaving a package, etc.
  5. A space reserved outside a bus or railway station for vehicles stopping to drop off passengers for onward transit.
  6. A time during which passengers, such as school children, are dropped off; the event or act of dropping them off.
  7. A visitor to a website who ceases to continue using and navigating around the site after reaching some specified page; or such an act of cessation.

Word forms

drop-off drop-offs dropoff

Etymology

Deverbal from drop off.

Synonyms

falloff step-off set-down setting-down

Related words

Translations

Finnish: pudotus Galician: caída Galician: noiro Galician: terraplén German: Felli Polish: zbocze Swedish: stup Swedish: tvärstup
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