1
: one that drops
2
: a short glass or plastic tube fitted with a rubber bulb and used to measure liquids by drops
called also eyedropper, medicine dropper
Examples of dropper in a Sentence
He put drops in his eyes with a dropper.
Recent Examples on the Web
For instance, serums that were previously packaged with droppers are now offered in pumps, enhancing product stability and efficacy.
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Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
Glowing skin is just a dropper away with CBD-rich skin serums.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
He’s been a key piece in Steve Spagnuolo’s complex disguises and pressure schemes, whether as a blitzer, QB spy, zone dropper or man-to-man cover defender.
—Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
But the ideal build is more freeride than XC, which implies things like an aggressive Fox Factory 34 trail fork with 130mm of travel and a RockShox Reverb AXS dropper post that gives it a BMX feel on the descents.
—Rob Reed, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
Glowing skin is just a dropper away with CBD-rich skin serums.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
He’s been a key piece in Steve Spagnuolo’s complex disguises and pressure schemes, whether as a blitzer, QB spy, zone dropper or man-to-man cover defender.
—Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
But the ideal build is more freeride than XC, which implies things like an aggressive Fox Factory 34 trail fork with 130mm of travel and a RockShox Reverb AXS dropper post that gives it a BMX feel on the descents.
—Rob Reed, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Dropper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dropper. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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