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downer

[ dou-ner ]

noun

  1. Informal.
    1. a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
    2. a depressing experience, person, or situation.
  2. Animal Husbandry. an old or diseased animal, especially one that cannot stand up.


downer

/ 藞诲补蕣苍蓹 /

noun

  1. Also calleddown a barbiturate, tranquillizer, or narcotic Compare upper
  2. a depressing experience
  3. a state of depression

    he's on a downer today

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of downer1

1910鈥15, Americanism, for an earlier sense; 1965鈥70, downer fordef 1; down 1 + -er 1
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