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dropbear

dropbear 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 dropbear

pluraldropbears

Questions about dropbear

What is dropbear the alternative form of?
Dropbear is the alternative form of drop bear.

Words near dropbear in the dictionary

  1. drop-top
  2. drop-tops
  3. dropable
  4. dropback
  5. dropbacks
  6. dropbear
  7. dropbears
  8. dropbox
  9. dropboxes
  10. dropcake
  11. dropcakes

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