See Also: toe-drop(medicine)
drop-off(dictionary)
drop-in(dictionary)
drop-(dictionary)
drop(2)(dictionary)
drop(1)(dictionary)
Drop(medicine)
Drop-out(health)
Drop(finance)
Drop, The(money)

drop-out (iou)



drop-out noun. L19.
[from drop out s.v. DROP verb.]
Rugby Football. A drop-kick made from within the defending team's 22-metre (formerly 25-yard) line in order to restart play after the ball has gone dead. L19.
On a bicycle, a small U-shaped end to a fork or stay, made to receive the axle. E20.
A person who drops out of a course of activity or study, or who abandons conventional society in favour of an alternative lifestyle. colloq. M20.
On a halftone picture or plate, a highlight area from which the tiny dots produced by the screen have been removed; a halftone with such an area. Also drop-out halftone. M20.
A flaw or loss of coating on magnetic tape or disc; a momentary loss of recorded signal due to this; an error in data caused by the failure to read a bit or sequence of bits. M20.
What Video? A high grade chrome tape..with improved signal-to-noise ratio and less dropout.