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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024drop•out or drop-out /ˈdrɑpˌaʊt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Educationa student who withdraws before completing a course.
- a person who withdraws from established society.
- a person who withdraws from a competition, task, etc.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024drop•out (drop′out′),USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of dropping out.
- Educationa student who withdraws before completing a course of instruction.
- Educationa student who withdraws from high school after having reached the legal age to do so.
- a person who withdraws from established society, esp. to pursue an alternate lifestyle.
- a person who withdraws from a competition, job, task, etc.:the first dropout from the presidential race.
- Sport[Rugby.]a drop kick made by a defending team from within its own 25-yd. (23-m) line as a result of a touchdown or of the ball's having touched or gone outside of a touch-in-goal line or the dead-ball line.
- PrintingAlso called highlight halftone. a halftone negative or plate in which dots have been eliminated from highlights by continued etching, burning in, opaquing, or the like.
- Sound ReproductionAlso called drop′out er′ror. the loss of portions of the information on a recorded magnetic tape due to contamination of the magnetic medium or poor contact with the tape heads.
Also, drop′-out′. - noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase drop out 1925–30, American.
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