to AirDrop
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5.1
- verb
- /ˈɛrˌdrɒp/
- Texting
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AirDrop
- I will AirDrop the presentation slides to you right now.
Like I AirDrop photos, I AirDrop videos, content from my phone to my computer, from my computer to my phone.
- Like I AirDrop photos, I AirDrop videos, content from my phone to my computer, from my computer to my phone.
Examples
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She quickly AirDropped the document to her colleague across the room.
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Yo, AirDrop me all of that.
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- Yeah, I'll AirDrop it to you right now.
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Like I AirDrop photos, I AirDrop videos, content from my phone to my computer, from my computer to my phone.
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And my friend AirDrop the photo and he goes, Oh no, I accidentally just AirDrop something to Jon Hamm and Jon accepted.
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Can you AirDrop me the pictures from your trip?
Surface Forms
Etymology
AirDrop joins air 'the space around us' and drop 'to let fall'. It borrows the image of dropping supplies from a plane and was used by Apple for a feature that sends a file 'through the air' to a nearby device, so to AirDrop is to send a file directly to someone close by.