: 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

Examples of drop-down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Carpenter wore a sparkling black Tory Burch gown with elegant drop-down earrings. Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024 Verify you’re the legal owner by selecting your name from the drop-down list. ◾ Click the profile icon and select Your Home from the menu option. Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024 For movie nights, the usual big-screen TV was swapped for a more discreet projector and drop-down screen. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 29 Feb. 2024 At the rear, a lift-gate and drop-down tailgate provides campers with easy access to all within. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024 Tap on Custom from the drop-down list to make your own choice. David Nield, Popular Science, 6 Dec. 2023 Select Alexa and Echo Devices from the drop-down menu and tap Submit Request. Use an iPhone or Mac? Fox News, 12 Nov. 2023 The program offers a variety of lengths and tones through a drop-down menu. Alix Strauss, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023 Users of Apple’s Safari, for example, can reconfigure their browser to use Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, or Ecosia by choosing them from a drop-down menu. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'drop-down.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of drop-down was in 1984

Dictionary Entries Near drop-down

Cite this Entry

“Drop-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop-down. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

drop-down

adjective
-ˌdau̇n
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!