Definition of "dropper" [drop•per]

• One that drops, especially a small tube with a suction bulb at one end for drawing in a liquid and releasing it in drops. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If you are being interviewed by a television reporter for an edited story, be sure to be a name dropper - just make sure the name you drop is the reporter's name."
• "Susman is a respected figure in Chicago -- he was born and bred in St. Louis and arrived in Chicago in 1989 -- and his critics do not doubt his intelligence and energy, but some complain that he is a name dropper -- he dropped many during my interview with him -- and social climber."
• "Cat history, the Radical is such a name dropper, the Radical Is Too Busy To Blog"