airdrop

noun

air·​drop ˈer-ˌdräp How to pronounce airdrop (audio)
: delivery of cargo, emergency supplies, or personnel by parachute from an airplane in flight
air-drop transitive verb
air-droppable adjective

Examples of airdrop in a Sentence

The group organized an airdrop of food for the refugees.
Recent Examples on the Web But human rights agencies have repeatedly condemned airdrops as an inefficient way of getting aid to Palestinians in Gaza, instead urging Israeli authorities to lift controls on land crossings into the enclave. Abeer Salman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024 America’s airdrops in Gaza, which began with C-130 cargo planes parachuting 38,000 meals into southwest Gaza, have come about under very different circumstances from those that led to the Berlin Airlift, but the airdrops were by any measure a rescue operation. Nicolaus Mills, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2024 The ecosystem has also seen a surge in user acquisition through airdrop announcements and new token launches, with the network expected to achieve 30–80% user growth. Tyler Shepherd, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024 Its airdrops of aid appear to be little more than gestures of goodwill. Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for airdrop 

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Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of airdrop was in 1943

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“Airdrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airdrop. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

airdrop

noun
air·​drop -ˌdräp How to pronounce airdrop (audio)
: delivery of cargo, supplies, or people by parachute from an airplane
air-drop
-ˌdräp
verb
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