Meanings
noundropoff (plural dropoffs)
plural dropoffs
- alternativeAlternative form of drop-off.
[…] Ms. Wallace will be charged with maintaining the program’s lead in the ratings […] while trying to staunch a dropoff in the program’s viewership.
2007 March 6, Jacques Steinberg, “NBC Names New Chief for News Program”, in New York Times
Origin
Deverbal from drop off.
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dropoff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dropoff
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“dropoff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dropoff. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dropoff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dropoff.
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