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needle drops

needle drops is the plural of needle drop.

Meaning of needle drop

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

Questions about needle drops

What is needle drops the plural of?
Needle drops is the plural of needle drop.

Words near needle drops in the dictionary

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

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