drop frame

noun

A bicycle with no top tube.

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Meanings

noundrop frame (plural drop frames)

plural drop frames

  1. A bicycle with no top tube.

    I see they're still making drop-frame bikes," he said, "though, with so many women wearing slacks, I wonder they bother."

    1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 58
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APA

drop frame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drop%20frame

MLA

“drop frame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drop%20frame. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drop frame,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drop%20frame.

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