airdrop

noun

air·​drop ˈer-ˌdräp 

: delivery of cargo, emergency supplies, or personnel by parachute from an airplane in flight

air-drop transitive verb

air-droppable

ˈer-ˌdrä-pə-bəl 

adjective

Examples of airdrop in a Sentence

The group organized an airdrop of food for the refugees.

Recent Examples on the Web

Helicopter approaches like airdrops and other mass-user rewards initiatives are still highly effective tools that can get a community off-the-ground quickly; however, the analytics afforded by InfoFi platforms help projects to allocate further reward initiatives more strategically. —Charles Wayn, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

The airdrop bomb could have come from air force teams practicing over the Tampa Bay area during the World War II time period, which coincides with the base’s completion in 1941, according to the spokesperson. —Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 16 June 2025

Interest-type returns that investors can earn on cryptocurrency, like staking rewards and airdrops, will go into the reserve fund in their digital form. —Jeremy Duda, Axios, 12 May 2025

Later, once the military efforts ceased or moved on, the local tribes reportedly sought to reinstitute the airdrops but didn’t seemingly understand how to do so. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

airdrop

noun

air·​drop -ˌdräp 

: delivery of cargo, supplies, or people by parachute from an airplane

air-drop

-ˌdräp

verb