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dropouts

dropouts is the plural of dropout.

Meaning of dropout

Noun

dropout (countable and uncountable, plural dropouts)

  1. Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
    • The politicians of the world are mere political university dropouts.
  2. Someone who has opted out of conventional society.
  3. One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so.
    • The pastures are filled with gay political drop-outs, persons of reasonable intent who found the scene personally destructive.1980 August 30, David Rothenberg, “A New York State of Confusion”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 5
  4. The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.
  5. A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data.
  6. Momentary loss of an electronic signal.

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Questions about dropouts

What is dropouts the plural of?
Dropouts is the plural of dropout.

Words near dropouts in the dictionary

  1. dropoffs
  2. dropometry
  3. dropout
  4. dropout factories
  5. dropout factory
  6. dropouts
  7. dropp'd
  8. droppable
  9. droppables
  10. dropped
  11. dropped a bollock

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