1
: a casual visit or brief stop
2
: one who drops in : a casual visitor
dropped in; dropping in; drops in
: to pay an unexpected or casual visit
—often used with on
Examples of drop-in in a Sentence
Noun
we're having open house for New Year's, and drop-ins are welcome to come and go as they please
Verb
drop in any time—we're always home
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Firehawk will next flight test its Javelin-class and Stinger-class analogs, which are designed as drop-in solid rocket motor replacements for existing DoD weapon systems.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Just a few days later, while awaiting the results, Reid fell into cardiac arrest while by himself at home during lunchtime, fortunately at the moment his wife Samantha was making a spur-of-the-moment drop-in during a break from work.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
As Washington mentioned, Baby Café USA, a network of free, drop-in, informal breastfeeding support groups that provide ongoing professional lactation care, is an option.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
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Noun
However, these drop-in style, entrepreneurial enclaves may struggle with the consistency and depth that increasingly formal networks require.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Firehawk will next flight test its Javelin-class and Stinger-class analogs, which are designed as drop-in solid rocket motor replacements for existing DoD weapon systems.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Just a few days later, while awaiting the results, Reid fell into cardiac arrest while by himself at home during lunchtime, fortunately at the moment his wife Samantha was making a spur-of-the-moment drop-in during a break from work.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
As Washington mentioned, Baby Café USA, a network of free, drop-in, informal breastfeeding support groups that provide ongoing professional lactation care, is an option.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for drop-in
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“Drop-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop-in. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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