dropout

drop out |ˈdräpˌout ˈdrɑpˌaʊt | ▶noun 1 a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle: a college dropout. 2 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. 3 (usu. dropouts ) a U-shaped slot at the end of a fork on a bicycle, made to receive the axle and enabling the wheel to be changed rapidly.

dropout

drop |out |ˈdrɒpaʊt | ▶noun 1 a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle: a college dropout. 2 Rugby the restarting of play with a drop kick. 3 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. 4 (usu. dropouts ) 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.

dropout

dropout noun 1 a high school dropout: quitter; idler, layabout, loafer, deadbeat, delinquent, burnout. 2 a sixties dropout: nonconformist, hippie, beatnik, Bohemian, free spirit, rebel; informal oddball, eccentric.

dropout

dropout noun long hair was the trademark of the dropout: beatnik, hippy, bohemian, nonconformist, free spirit, avant-gardist, rebel, misfit, outsider, loner, eccentric; idler, layabout, loafer, lounger, good-for-nothing; informal freak, oddball, deadbeat, waster, bum.

dropout

dropout FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour décrocheur, décrocheuse.

dropout

dr ó p ò ut 名詞 C 1 中途退学者 ; (社会 組織 仕事などからの )脱落者 .2 ｟非難して ｠(体制からの )逃避者 .3 〘ラグビー 〙ドロップアウト .