US /ˈdrɑːˌpaʊt/
noun Freq #25079

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who leaves school or college before finishing their course.

    He was a high school dropout who later became a successful businessman.

  2. 2
    noun

    A person who chooses to leave normal society or a group.

    In the 1960s, many young people became dropouts and lived in communes.

  3. 3
    noun

    A brief loss of a signal, sound, or data on a recording or connection.

    There were several dropouts during the video call.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms dropouts
Derived forms maxoutnondropoutstopout

Etymology

Deverbal from drop out.

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