Dropper

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that drops, especially a small tube with a suction bulb at one end for drawing in a liquid and releasing it in drops.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
  • n. One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
  • n. A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
  • n. A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
  • n. A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
  • n. A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who, or that which, drops.
  • n. A dropping tube, usually of glass or plastic with a narrow opening at the tip and a rubber bulb at the top which can be squeezed to control intake or outflow of the fluid. The word is used in combinations with obvious significance, as eye dropper, medicine dropper, etc.
  • n. A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
  • n. A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which drops.
  • n. Among florists, a descending shoot produced by seedling bulbs of tulips, instead of a renewal of the bulb upon the radical plate, as in the later method of reproduction.
  • n. In mining, a branch or spur connecting with the main lode: nearly the same as feeder, ex-cept that the latter more generally carries the idea of an enrichment of the lode with which it unites.
  • n. A dog which is a cross between a pointer and a setter.
  • n. An artificial fly ad-justed to a leader above the stretcher-fly, used in angling. Also called bobber and drop-fly. See whip.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time
  • Hypernym
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    pipette    pipet   
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    Cropper    Hopper    Popper    bopper    chopper    copper    cropper    hopper    improper    popper   
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