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airdrop
[ air-drop ]
verb (used with object)
- to drop (persons, equipment, etc.) by parachute from an aircraft in flight.
noun
- the act or process of airdropping.
airdrop
/ ˈɛəˌdrɒp /
noun
- a delivery of supplies, troops, etc, from an aircraft by parachute
verb
- tr to deliver (supplies, etc) by an airdrop
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- air-droppa·ble adjective
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Example Sentences
Similar to stocks and bonds, crypto is subject to capital gains tax, so airdrops, hard forks, crypto earned from mining or lending, and crypto earned in exchange for goods and services are taxable.
In the 1990s, the Air Force and Army started developing the Joint Precision Airdrop System, which attached to cargo parachutes and could steer them by pulling guidelines and following GPS.
China intends to allow smaller transactions to take place via “near field communication,” in a not dissimilar fashion to exchanging a file via Bluetooth or AirDrop.
The U.S. is scheduling up to 100 attack, surveillance, and humanitarian airdrop missions a day over Iraq.
The airdrop mission consisted of a C-17 and two C-130 aircraft that were escorted by two F-18 fighters.
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