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dropping

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drop·ping  (drpng)
n.
1. Something dropped.
2. droppings The excrement of animals.
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Adj.1.dropping - coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"
falling
descending - coming down or downward
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A youngish man with flaxen hair, a bristly straw-coloured moustache, and a dropping nether lip, was sitting and holding my wrist.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
"The man who talks French so well," Lady Anselman told him, dropping her voice a little, "is Surgeon-Major Thomson.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
We knew she carried fourteen boats to our five (we were one short through the desertion of Wainwright), and she began dropping them far to leeward of our last boat, continued dropping them athwart our course, and finished dropping them far to windward of our first weather boat.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
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