dropnet

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noun

A fishing net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish.

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Meanings

noundropnet (plural dropnets)

plural dropnets

  1. fishingA fishing net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish.

Origin

From drop + net.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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