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acid drop

acid drop noun: an old-fashioned boiled sweet containing citric acid or tartaric acid.

Noun

acid drop (plural acid drops)

  1. An old-fashioned boiled sweet containing citric acid or tartaric acid.
    • That he bestowed two acid drops and dried fig on Hetty.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 130
    Synonyms:
    acidulated drop
  2. A skateboarding trick in which the skater rides off a ledge and drops onto the board without performing an ollie.

Synonyms of acid drop

Forms of acid drop

pluralacid drops

Questions about acid drop

What does acid drop mean?
Acid drop means an old-fashioned boiled sweet containing citric acid or tartaric acid.
What part of speech is acid drop?
Acid drop is a noun.
What is the plural of acid drop?
The plural of acid drop is acid drops.

Words near acid drop in the dictionary

  1. acid bombs
  2. acid breaks
  3. acid chloride
  4. acid dissociation constant
  5. acid dissociation constants
  6. acid drop
  7. acid drops
  8. acid house
  9. acid indigestion
  10. acid jazz
  11. acid lime

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