Definitions for drop-off

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Spelling: [drop-awf, -of]
IPA: /ˈdrɒpˌɔf, -ˌɒf/

Drop-Off is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in drop-off (-dffoopr).

Definitions for drop-off

noun

  1. a vertical or very steep descent:
  2. a decline; decrease:
  3. a place where a person or thing can be left, received, accommodated, etc.:

adjective

  1. applied when a rented vehicle is left elsewhere than at the point of hire:

Origin of drop-off

First recorded in 1955-60; noun, adj. use of verb phrase drop off

Examples for drop-off

The U.S. economic recovery, largely driven by a recovery in housing, could be threatened by this drop-off.

Not far from the drop-off point, the team ran into their first roadblock.

By the third week, studies show a 33 percent drop-off in resolutions.

The riders would call him on a secret prepaid cellphone, and he would make a drop-off.

The effort has not just been focused on “drop-off” voters—that is, Democrats who voted in 2012 but not in the 2010 midterms.

But I would expect to see some drop-off in applications, perhaps a substantial one.

The drop-off is even steeper over the past 30 years: in 1982 the number was 56.4 percent.

A fine, large fire was started on the ledge of rock that extended out from the "Shelter" to a drop-off of some twenty feet.

Word Value for drop-off
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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