| HOEDOWN | • hoedown n. A type of American folk or square dance. • hoedown n. The type of music typically played for such a dance. • hoedown n. A gathering at which such dances take place. |
| COMEDOWN | • comedown n. A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown. • comedown n. A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs. • come-down n. Alternative form of comedown. |
| FACEDOWN | • facedown adv. Alternative form of face-down. • facedown n. Alternative form of face-down (“a confrontation”). • face-down adv. (Of a person or object) In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed… |
| TAKEDOWN | • takedown n. (Slang) A taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer. • takedown n. (Martial arts) A taking down: an act of bringing one’s opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both… • takedown n. Enforced removal of material from a website, etc. |
| CLOSEDOWN | • closedown n. (Radio, television) The point when a radio or television station shuts down transmission and goes off… • close␣down v. (Transitive, intransitive) To stop trading as a business. • close␣down v. (Transitive) To surround someone, as to impede their movement. |
| PASTEDOWN | • pastedown n. The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book’s cover. • PASTEDOWN n. the outer leaf of an end-cover that is pasted down over a book. |
| PHASEDOWN | • phasedown n. A gradual reduction in size or scale. • phase␣down v. (Transitive) To gradually reduce the size or scale of. • PHASEDOWN n. a gradual reduction (as in operations). |
| SHAKEDOWN | • shakedown n. (Slang) Extortion, especially through blackmail. • shakedown n. (Slang) A thorough search; a frisk. • shakedown n. A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft. |
| WRITEDOWN | • writedown n. (Accounting) An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset… • write-down n. A depreciation, or a lowering in the price or value of something. • write␣down v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, down. |
| BOUNCEDOWN | • bouncedown n. (Australian rules football) The throwing of the ball down onto the ground by the umpire, after which… • BOUNCEDOWN n. in Australian rules football, an occasion of restarting play by the umpire by bouncing the ball. |
| TUMBLEDOWN | • tumbledown adj. In disrepair; poorly maintained. • tumble␣down v. (Intransitive, figuratively) To topple, collapse. • TUMBLEDOWN adj. dilapidated. |
| THISTLEDOWN | • thistledown n. The soft, feathery pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle. • THISTLEDOWN n. the typically plumose pappus from the ripe flower head of a thistle. |