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Pronunciation
- /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðɛɹ/ (Canada)
- /ˌdæʊn ˈðiə̯/ (New-Zealand) cheer–chair merger
- [ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðeɪ̯ə̯] (General-American, Maine)
- /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðɛː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðeɹ/ (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- doun′ thâr′
- (US) audio
- /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðeə̯/ (Received-Pronunciation) older
- /ˌdʌʊ̯n ˈðeɹ/ (Scotland)
- /ˌdæʊ̯n ˈðeə̯/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
- /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðɛɹ/ (General-American) Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðɛə̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌdæɔ̯n ˈðeː/ (Australia)
- /ˌd̪awn ˈd̪ɛːʳ/ (India)
Meanings
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(euphemistic, not-comparable) In the genital area; often used of and/or by females.
It may seem a bit strange to squirt yourself with warm water from a squirt bottle every time you use the restroom for a few weeks, but I'm pretty sure we can all agree that getting an infection down there doesn't sound fun.
2013, Erin MacPherson, The Christian Mama's Guide to Baby's First Year, page 15:Then she put her hand on my pants, you know, down there.
2005, Annie Fox, Elizabeth Verdick, The Teen Survival Guide to Dating & Relating, page 44:And when I'd come and really finished, then she'd start on her own account, and I had to stop inside her till she brought herself off, wriggling and shouting, she'd clutch clutch^([sic]) with herself down there, an' then she'd come off, fair in ecstasy.
1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020:
- (not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, there.
Translations (5)
de da unten (in the genital area) · pl tam na dole (in the genital area) · cmn 下面 (in the genital area) · sv därnere (in the genital area) · eo tie malsupre (in the genital area)