airdrop
6 synonyms for airdrop, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A distribution of free cryptocurrency tokens sent directly to many people's wallets at once, usually to publicise a new project or to reward people who have already used it.
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
A distribution of free cryptocurrency tokens sent directly to many people's wallets at once, usually to publicise a new project or to reward people who have already used it.
“Anyone who had used the app before March qualified for the airdrop.”
2. verb
To send out such tokens to many wallets.
“The team airdropped the token to early users last week.”
How to use airdrop
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Informal in crypto contexts. Unexpected airdrops arriving in a wallet are commonly used as bait in scams, and the word often appears in warnings about them.
Etymology
A figurative use of the military sense of airdrop, delivering supplies by parachute, applied to tokens sent out to many wallets at once.
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