acid drop

English

Noun

acid drop (plural acid drops)

1. An old-fashioned boiled sweet containing citric acid or tartaric acid.

   Synonym: acidulated drop

   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 130:

     That he bestowed two acid drops and dried fig on Hetty.

2. A skateboarding trick in which the skater rides off a ledge and drops onto the board without performing an ollie.

   Coordinate term: bomb drop

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