dropship

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/ˈdɹɒpˌʃɪp/

noun

A flying transport that drops troops or equipment onto a planet, etc.

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Meanings

noundropship (plural dropships)

plural dropships

  1. literatureA flying transport that drops troops or equipment onto a planet, etc.

    IFF confirmed. Contact is Pelican Dropship Kilo 23. Over.

    2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Sierra 117
    1 more example

    I'm sending down five more dropships, combat EMVs, and a thopter gunship.

    1997 September 28, Dan Simmons, The Rise of Endymion, New York: Bantam, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 363
verbdropship (third-person singular simple present dropships, present participle dropshipping, simple past and past participle dropshipped)

present singular third person dropships · participle present dropshipping · participle past dropshipped · past dropshipped

  1. alternativeAlternative form of drop ship.

Origin

From drop + ship.

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Translations

Spanish nave de descenso
  • nave de descensoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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