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beatdown en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbitˌdaʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

Deverbal from beat down; influenced by earlier throwdown.

Meanings

  1. (countable, slang, uncountable) A severe beating.
  2. (countable, slang, uncountable) A prescribed situation, usually to advance an angle or establish character, where two or more wrestlers severely beat up another wrestler or performer.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A subgenre of hardcore punk influenced by heavy metal.

Forms

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Relateds

smackdown

Translations (1)

es paliza (severe beating)