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needle drop

needle drop noun: a digital copy of a vinyl record.

Noun

needle drop (plural needle drops)

  1. (idiomatic) A digital copy of a vinyl record
  2. (idiomatic) The use of a pre-existing song as part of a motion picture's soundtrack
    • Early on, the film even blunders into outright hackwork, employing laughably literal-minded needle drops. Given the thorny intelligence of Chandor’s previous films (which also include Margin Call and A Most Violent Year), it’s hard to believe that he thought it was a good idea to play Fleetwood...2019 July 3, Mike D'Angelo, “Oscar Isaac and Ben Affleck blunder through a heavy heist in J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2019

Forms of needle drop

pluralneedle drops

Questions about needle drop

What does needle drop mean?
Needle drop means a digital copy of a vinyl record.
What part of speech is needle drop?
Needle drop is a noun.
What is the plural of needle drop?
The plural of needle drop is needle drops.

Words near needle drop in the dictionary

  1. needle beers
  2. needle bush
  3. needle bushes
  4. needle dick
  5. needle dicks
  6. needle drop
  7. needle drops
  8. needle exchange
  9. needle exchanges
  10. needle furze
  11. Needle Galaxy

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