downing
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Definitions ofdowning
- To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down, to fell.
Example: "A single rifle shot downed the mighty beast."
- To lower; to put (something) down.
Example: "The bell rang for lunch, and the workers downed their tools."
- To defeat; to overpower.
- To disparage, to put down.
- To go or come down; to descend.
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
Example: "He downed an ale and ordered another."
- To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
Example: "He downed it at the seven-yard line."
- (pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
Example: "He downed two balls on the break."
- To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- An occasion on which something is downed.
- A defeat.
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