[ˈdrɒpaʊt], (Noun)

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- a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle
(e.g: a college dropout)

- the restarting of play with a drop kick

- a momentary loss of recorded audio signal or an error in reading data on a magnetic tape or disk, usually due to a flaw in the coating

- a U-shaped slot at the end of a fork or stay on a bicycle, made to receive the axle and enabling the wheel to be changed rapidly


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