Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A critical, disparaging, or humiliating remark.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
put-down .
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Examples
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On page 23, when Charles Bovary is seeking Emma Rouault's hand, Emma's father thinks of him as "a bit of a loser," where Russell has "rather a wisp of a man" — which, as well as being less of a jazzy putdown from the late twentieth century, happens to be more accurate: a gringalet, according to my French-English dictionary, is a "little undersized fellow."
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On page 23, when Charles Bovary is seeking Emma Rouault's hand, Emma's father thinks of him as "a bit of a loser," where Russell has "rather a wisp of a man" — which, as well as being less of a jazzy putdown from the late twentieth century, happens to be more accurate: a gringalet, according to my French-English dictionary, is a "little undersized fellow."
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The Hebrew word behama, meaning water oxen, is a slang putdown meaning dolt.
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The putdown is a familiar one for the Kennedy family.
The American Spectator Daniel J. Flynn 2010
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The putdown is a familiar one for the Kennedy family.
The American Spectator Daniel J. Flynn 2010
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The putdown is a familiar one for the Kennedy family.
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The putdown is a familiar one for the Kennedy family.
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The problem is that McCain is known as a maverick and has come out strongly against Bush so the third Bush term putdown has not stuck.
Ries' Pieces 2008
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The effect on society and on this democracy of this angry, polarizing, bitter kind of putdown conversation is dangerous.
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The effect on society and on this democracy of this angry, polarizing, bitter kind of putdown conversation is dangerous.
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