: pull-down
a drop-down menu
drop-down noun
or dropdown
plural drop-downs or dropdowns
… a simpler email experience free of buttons, drop-downs, toggles, … and heavy interfaces … Ellis Hamburger

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As a nod to this heritage, the console features two drop-down doors that lock with the twist of a coin. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2025 Photo : Jeff Brown The Night Lounge The lower-deck night lounge with its starlit ceiling—a replica of the constellations above Rotterdam from the evening of the yacht’s launch—and drop-down TV has a different feel than the rest of the interior. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025 Models designed for off-road or power riding often have drop-down handlebars that lower air resistance and improve shock absorption. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025 In biological collections, the tool Specify allows managers to quickly classify specimens with drop-down menus prepopulated with standards for taxonomy and other parameters to consistently describe the incoming specimens. Bradley Wade Bishop, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drop-down

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of drop-down was in 1984

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“Drop-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop-down. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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drop-down

adjective
-ˌdau̇n
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