drop-down
adjective
: 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 …
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As a nod to this heritage, the console features two drop-down doors that lock with the twist of a coin.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2026
When that electric bus stops to drop off passengers and then pick up new ones, the drop-down charger can charge the bus.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The drop-down cabinet face also works as a makeshift entertainment center, holding a tablet for easy viewing from bed.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2026
At one point, the tool got stuck for nearly a quarter of an hour trying to select a price from a real-estate site’s drop-down menu.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2026
When that electric bus stops to drop off passengers and then pick up new ones, the drop-down charger can charge the bus.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The drop-down cabinet face also works as a makeshift entertainment center, holding a tablet for easy viewing from bed.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2026
At one point, the tool got stuck for nearly a quarter of an hour trying to select a price from a real-estate site’s drop-down menu.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2025
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“Drop-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop-down. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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