downpress en · VERB
Etymology
From down + press.
Meanings
- (transitive) To push or press downwards.
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(Rastafari, transitive) To oppress.
That’s why the white man just downpress you so.
2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 156:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| downpressing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| downpressed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| downpressed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| downpresses | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |