A dropped stitch has two different meanings. It can refer to a stitch that has been dropped off the needle by accident, and needs to be retrieved. It can also refer to a technique, where you make a yarn over and then release the yarn over on the next row to make an elongated stitch.
synonyms: elongated sts, elongated stitch, elongated stitches
category: technique
Dropped stitches aka elongated sts - different lengths