Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dead-drop

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables: dead---drop
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of dead drop.

Example Sentences

"The agent had to dead-drop the locker key to the PGU by some simple means, such as by taping it underneath a predesignated park bench, where it could be retrieved unobtrusively, usually by an officer under illegal cover."
"Last week, he 'dead-dropped' some pictures of the last dozen or so relatively new arrivals to Moscow and their assigned cars."
"Upon arriving in Setauket, Roe would dead-drop the information in a box in the middle of a field owned by Woodhull. Woodhull took the secrets to Brewster, who delivered them to Major Tallmadge."

Inflected Forms

dead-drops (present, singular) dead-dropping (participle, present) dead-dropped (participle, past) dead-dropped (past)

Questions

What does dead-drop mean?: Alternative form of dead drop.

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