dropout

drop·out

 (drŏp′out′)

n.

1.

a. One who quits school.

b. One who has withdrawn from a given social group or environment.

2.

a. A segment of a recording device, such as a magnetic tape or optical disk, that is damaged or unreadable.

b. The loss of an audio or video signal.

dropout

(ˈdrɒpˌaʊt)

n

1. (Education) a student who fails to complete a school or college course

2. (Sociology) a person who rejects conventional society

3. (Rugby) rugby : drop-out a drop kick taken by the defending team to restart play, as after a touchdown

4. (Electronics) electronics : drop-out a momentary loss of signal in a magnetic recording medium as a result of an imperfection in its magnetic coating

vb

to abandon or withdraw from (a school, social group, job, etc)

drop′out`

or drop′-out`,

n.

1. a student who withdraws before completing a course of instruction.

2. one who withdraws from established society.

3. a person who withdraws from a competition, job, task, etc.

[1925–30]

dropout

A person who leaves a school or college without having completed the course of study.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dropout - someone who quits school before graduation quitter - a person who gives up too easily
	2.	dropout - someone who withdraws from a social group or environment individualist - a person who pursues independent thought or action

Translations

dropout

[ˈdrɒpaʊt] N

1. (from society) → marginado/a m/f; (from university) estudiante que abandona la universidad antes de graduarse

2. (Rugby) → puntapié m de saque

dropout

n (from society) → Aussteiger(in) m(f) (inf); (pej) → Asoziale(r) mf; (= university dropout) → Studienabbrecher(in) m(f); the dropout rate at universities → die Zahl der Studienabbrecher

dropout

[ˈdrɒpaʊt] n

a. (from school, university) → chi ha abbandonato gli studi; (from society) → chi si mette ai margini della società
the school/college dropout rate → la percentuale di abbandono della scuola/università

b. (Rugby) → calcio di rinvio