dropdown

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adjective

Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated.

“That screen is good, but add a couple of dropdowns and it will be perfect.”

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Meanings

adjectivedropdown (not comparable)

alternative drop-down

  1. not comparablecomputingDropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated.

    Click the Colours button on the toolbar to show a dropdown menu of available colours.

noundropdown (plural dropdowns)

plural dropdowns · alternative drop-down

  1. computingAn instance of a selection object that hides the contents (especially the other choices) until activated.

    That screen is good, but add a couple of dropdowns and it will be perfect.

    1 more example

    Your Web site doesn't have to be full of the latest dropdowns, rollovers, superslick graphics, or Flash videos.

    2007, Ray Foley, Heather Dismore, Running a Bar for Dummies, page 273

Origin

Deverbal from drop down.

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Translations

Basque goitibeherako
  • goitibeherakocomputing: dropping down from above
Finnish pudotus-
  • pudotus-computing: dropping down from above
French déroulant
  • déroulantcomputing: dropping down from above
Indonesian tarik turun
  • tarik turuncomputing: dropping down from above
Spanish desplegable
  • desplegablecomputing: dropping down from above
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“dropdown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dropdown. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dropdown,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dropdown.

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