airdrop (redirected from airdrops)

air·drop  (ârdrp)

n.

A delivery, as of supplies or troops, by parachute from aircraft.

tr. & intr.v. air·dropped, air·drop·ping, air·drops

To drop or be dropped from an aircraft.

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The unloading of personnel or materiel from aircraft in flight. See also airdrop platform; air movement; free drop; free fall; high velocity drop; low velocity drop.

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Noun

1.

airdrop - delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft; "until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop" bringing, delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"