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misdrop

/mɪsˈdɹɒp/

misdrop verb: to drop (especially, to airdrop) incorrectly or in the wrong place.

Verb

misdrop (third-person singular simple present misdrops, present participle misdropping, simple past and past participle misdropped)

  1. To drop (especially, to airdrop) incorrectly or in the wrong place.
    • Nine C-47s from the 53rd Transport Command Squadron had managed to misdrop the entire Headquarters Company of the Third Battalion along with 55 equipment bundles containing machine guns, mortars, ammunition, rations, maps, demolitions equipment, and medical supplies. Sometime after 2:38 AM on June...2007, George Henry Bennett, Destination Normandy: Three American Regiments on D-Day, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 104

Noun

misdrop (plural misdrops)

  1. An incorrect or misplaced drop (especially an airdrop of bombs, supplies, or paratroopers).
    • Much conjecture has arisen about the reasons for the misdrop. The pilots had been given plenty of flying time to become familiar with the C-46, but the opportunities to fly in tight formation were somewhat lacking. This may well have been one of the reasons for the milling about as the aircraft...2008, Stephen E. Wright, The Last Drop: Operation Varsity, March 24-25, 1945, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 225

Forms of misdrop

Verb
third-person singular presentmisdrops
present participlemisdropping
past participlemisdropped
pastmisdropped
Noun
pluralmisdrops

Origin of misdrop

From mis- + drop.

Questions about misdrop

What does misdrop mean?
Misdrop means to drop (especially, to airdrop) incorrectly or in the wrong place.
What part of speech is misdrop?
Misdrop can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce misdrop?
Misdrop is pronounced /mɪsˈdɹɒp/.
What is the past tense of misdrop?
The past tense of misdrop is misdropped.

Words near misdrop in the dictionary

  1. misdrew
  2. misdrive
  3. misdriven
  4. misdrives
  5. misdriving
  6. misdrop
  7. misdropped
  8. misdropping
  9. misdrops
  10. misdrove
  11. misdub

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