: pull-down
a drop-down menu
drop-down noun
or dropdown
plural drop-downs or dropdowns
… a simpler email experience free of buttons, drop-downs, toggles, … and heavy interfaces … Ellis Hamburger

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This contains a daybed with integrated storage space – there isn't a separate bedroom space in this model – plus a drop-down dining/desk table and a wood-burning stove for warmth. New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025 The front passenger seat has its own manicure station equipped with UV/LED lighting for quick drying, while the back features a table for your cosmetics and a full-width, drop-down Robern illuminate mirror for makeup application. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2025 And somewhere between charting, coding and clicking through drop-down menus, the doctor wonders — when did this job become so joyless? Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 The connection screen takes up the majority of the window, with a big yellow button in the center situated below a drop-down server list. PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drop-down

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of drop-down was in 1984

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“Drop-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop-down. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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drop-down

adjective
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