airdrop

[air-drop]

air·drop

[air-drop] verb, air·dropped, air·drop·ping, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to drop (persons, equipment, etc.) by parachute from an aircraft in flight.
noun
2.
the act or process of airdropping.

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Airdrop is one of our favorite verbs.
So is absquatulate. Does it mean:
to flee; abscond:
to run away hurriedly; flee.

Origin:
1945–50; air1 + drop

air-drop·pa·ble, adjective
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airdrop (ˈɛəˌdrɒp)
 
n
1.  a delivery of supplies, troops, etc, from an aircraft by parachute
 
vb , -drops, -dropping, -dropped
2.  (tr) to deliver (supplies, etc) by an airdrop

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