LOW-DOWN as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • slang terms for inside information
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • is that the straight dope?
    Hypernyms(s) low-down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

LOW-DOWN as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
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  2. Meaning
    • of the most contemptible kind
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • abject cowardice
    • a low stunt to pull
    • a low-down sneak
    • his miserable treatment of his family
    • You miserable skunk!
    • a scummy rabble
    • a scurvy trick
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