: delivery of cargo, emergency supplies, or personnel by parachute from an airplane in flight
air-drop
transitive verb
Examples of airdrop in a Sentence
The group organized an airdrop of food for the refugees.
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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
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“Airdrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airdrop. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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airdrop
noun
air·drop
-ˌdräp 
: delivery of cargo, supplies, or people by parachute from an airplane
air-drop
verb
-ˌdräp
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