Downing
/ˈdaʊnɪŋ/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An occasion on which something is downed.
"In several recent helicopter downings, the attackers used a variety of weapons[…]."
- 2 A defeat.
"This was not just a downing of fierce rivals for the home side, it was three precious points to go towards their quest to stay in the top flight."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of down form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A city in Schuyler County, Missouri.
- 3 A village in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
- 4 Ellipsis of Downing College, Cambridge. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"She sat at the bar downing shot after shot of whisky."