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drop-bear

drop-bear is the alternative form of drop bear.

Meaning of drop bear

Noun

drop bear (plural drop bears)

  1. (humorous, kenning) A fictional Australian marsupial in the form of a large, carnivorous koala said to fall upon its prey from treetops.
    • You don't know what drop bears are? Fair dink, don't they teach you blokes anything? Fancy sending a bloke to a place like this and not telling him about drop bears.1995, John Marsden, The Third Day, the Frost (TCPA Tomorrow Series; 3), Sydney: Pan Macmillan; republished as A Killing Frost, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1999...

Forms of drop-bear

pluraldrop-bears

Questions about drop-bear

What is drop-bear the alternative form of?
Drop-bear is the alternative form of drop bear.

Words near drop-bear in the dictionary

  1. drop zones
  2. drop-back
  3. drop-backs
  4. drop-ball
  5. drop-balls
  6. drop-bear
  7. drop-bears
  8. drop-box
  9. drop-boxes
  10. drop-by
  11. drop-bys

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