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drop bears

drop bears is the plural 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 bears

alternative formdrop-bears
alternative formdropbears

Questions about drop bears

What is drop bears the plural of?
Drop bears is the plural of drop bear.

Words near drop bears in the dictionary

  1. drop back
  2. drop backs
  3. drop bar
  4. drop bars
  5. drop bear
  6. drop bears
  7. drop behind
  8. drop bolt
  9. drop bolts
  10. drop box
  11. drop boxes

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