name-drop (n?m?dr?p?)intr.v. name-dropped, name-drop·ping, name-drops To mention casually the names of famous or important people to create the impression that one is familiar with them in an attempt to impress or influence others.name?-drop?per n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.name-drop vb to mention the name of (famous or fashionable people) in order to impress others Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014name-dropPast participle: name-droppedGerund: name-droppingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativename-dropname-dropPresentI name-dropyou name-drophe/she/it name-dropswe name-dropyou name-dropthey name-dropPreteriteI name-droppedyou name-droppedhe/she/it name-droppedwe name-droppedyou name-droppedthey name-droppedPresent ContinuousI am name-droppingyou are name-droppinghe/she/it is name-droppingwe are name-droppingyou are name-droppingthey are name-droppingPresent PerfectI have name-droppedyou have name-droppedhe/she/it has name-droppedwe have name-droppedyou have name-droppedthey have name-droppedPast ContinuousI was name-droppingyou were name-droppinghe/she/it was name-droppingwe were name-droppingyou were name-droppingthey were name-droppingPast PerfectI had name-droppedyou had name-droppedhe/she/it had name-droppedwe had name-droppedyou had name-droppedthey had name-droppedFutureI will name-dropyou will name-drophe/she/it will name-dropwe will name-dropyou will name-dropthey will name-dropFuture PerfectI will have name-droppedyou will have name-droppedhe/she/it will have name-droppedwe will have name-droppedyou will have name-droppedthey will have name-droppedFuture ContinuousI will be name-droppingyou will be name-droppinghe/she/it will be name-droppingwe will be name-droppingyou will be name-droppingthey will be name-droppingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been name-droppingyou have been name-droppinghe/she/it has been name-droppingwe have been name-droppingyou have been name-droppingthey have been name-droppingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been name-droppingyou will have been name-droppinghe/she/it will have been name-droppingwe will have been name-droppingyou will have been name-droppingthey will have been name-droppingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been name-droppingyou had been name-droppinghe/she/it had been name-droppingwe had been name-droppingyou had been name-droppingthey had been name-droppingConditionalI would name-dropyou would name-drophe/she/it would name-dropwe would name-dropyou would name-dropthey would name-dropPast ConditionalI would have name-droppedyou would have name-droppedhe/she/it would have name-droppedwe would have name-droppedyou would have name-droppedthey would have name-droppedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011