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aitch-dropping

aitch-dropping is the alternative form of h-dropping.

Meaning of h-dropping

Noun

h-dropping

  1. The omission of an /h/ sound normally present in a word, making the word "home" sound like "'ome", for example.

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Questions about aitch-dropping

What is aitch-dropping the alternative form of?
Aitch-dropping is the alternative form of h-dropping.

Words near aitch-dropping in the dictionary

  1. AITC
  2. aitch
  3. aitch ee double hockey sticks
  4. aitch-bone
  5. aitch-bones
  6. aitch-dropping
  7. aitchbone
  8. aitchbones
  9. aitches
  10. Aitchison
  11. aitchless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aitch-dropping (page history and authors); h-dropping (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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