AirDrop

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See also: airdrop and air-drop

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Etymology

By the analogy of an airdrop, in which items are delivered by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.

Proper noun

AirDrop

  1. (networking) A wireless service of Apple Inc. which can transfer files among supported Macintosh computers and iOS devices by means of close-range wireless communication.

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Verb

AirDrop (third-person singular simple present AirDrops, present participle AirDropping, simple past and past participle AirDropped)

  1. (intransitive, ditransitive, networking) To transfer a file using AirDrop.
    Alternative form: airdrop
    • 2019 June 5, Taylor Lorenz, “When Grown-Ups Get Caught in Teens’ AirDrop Crossfire”, in The Atlantic:
      “Another day another group of french teens trying to AirDrop me memes on the subway,” one woman tweeted. “In a crowd of teens and they keep trying to AirDrop me memes!!!” said another. One young Twitter user joked that she was going to a music festival last weekend “just to AirDrop.”
    • 2023 April 19, Sophie Gallagher, “Cyber-flashing is just as damaging as the ‘real world’ equivalent. When will the law catch up?”, in The Guardian:
      Cyber-flashing is not experienced as a less harmful or less damaging behaviour just because it happens digitally rather than on the street. [] For those who have been AirDropped in a public place, there is not even the comfort of knowing for certain who is guilty.