noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/
General-American:snōʹdräp
General-American:/ˈsnoʊ.dɹɑp/
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noun
Meaning 1
Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 3
A Royal Air Force police officer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: RAF slang
Examples
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Snowdrop.
Meaning relationships
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verb
Meaning 4
To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, ambitransitive, slang
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noun
Meaning 5
common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wood anemone, Anemone quinquefolia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anemone, windflower
History
Etymology
From snow + drop.
From the plant snowdrop. Named for the white-topped caps sported by NCOs and warrant officers in the Royal Air Force Police.
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Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
