dropping

Something dropped; a droplet.

Noun

  1. Something dropped; a droplet.
    • The information we received was, that as the roof has no gutters, the droppings of water from the roof are driven by the wind against the wall. - 1821, Henry Hunt, A peep into a prison, page 193:
  2. A piece of animal excrement; dung.
    • a rabbit dropping
  3. The act of something that drops or falls.
    • At length, after several droppings asleep, […] Mr. Dowler made up his mind that he would throw himself on the bed […] - 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 36

Origin

By surface analysis, drop + -ing.

Forms

droppings

Related

spoor

Derived

aitch-dropping bird dropping spider crotch-dropping crotch dropping cunt dropping dropping in g-dropping h-dropping pigeon dropping r-dropping ring-dropping shopdropping turkey dropping yod-dropping yod dropping

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of drop