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101drop-out — n someone who has opted out of society. In this sense the word and the concept date from the late 1960s when hippies renounced capitalism, the education sys tem, etc. to form an alternative society . The term was quickly picked up by the press… …
102drop-dead date — a time by which something must be done. Glickman said the drop dead date is December 31 after that, no funds will be available …
103ˌdrop ˈby — phrasal verb informal to make a short visit somewhere Why don t you drop by for coffee some time?[/ex] …
104ˌdrop ˈin — phrasal verb informal to make a short visit somewhere Why don t you drop by for coffee some time?[/ex] …
105drop one's lines — phrasal : to forget or misquote one s lines in a play or other theatrical performance a state of confusion before curtain time caused the actor to drop his lines …
106Time Base Corrector — Der Time Base Corrector (TBC) [ˈtaɪmˌbeɪs kəˈɹɛktə] ist ein digitaler Bildspeicher (Digital Frame Store), der ein Vollbild (Frame) eines Videosignals zwischenspeichert und zu einer anderen Zeit (zwischen 0 ms und der Dauer eines Vollbilds) wieder …
107drop interval — The time interval between drops …
108drop your arse — to have diarrhoea Not merely to lower yourself into a chair: A guard appeared each time and dragged me down to the toilet, then stood over me while I dropped my arse. (McNab, 1993) …
109drop a bollock — Vrb phrs. To make a mistake. E.g. It was the third time in a week that he d dropped a bollock. No wonder he got the sack …
110Drop Frame — F/A/V American system of time code generation that adjusts the generated data every minute to compensate for the spread of the NTSC television system running at 29.97 frames per second …