Meaning of Downer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A negative drug trip.
   slang
2. A sixpence.
   UK, obsolete, slang
3. A surname.
4. A drug that has depressant qualities.
   slang
5. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after John Downer.
6. Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
   slang
7. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.
8. A livestock animal that has collapsed.
9. A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.

Equivalents

Examples

“Normally those pills give⟳ me a boost⟳, but last⟳ night they gave me a downer.”

“Say⟳, for example, a person starts with the use⟳ of a downer that reduces any anxiety and produces a sense⟳ of relaxation. When their energy levels drop, they take⟳ a stimulant in order⟳ to continue⟳ participating in the party or another event. This creates a cycle that could lead⟳ to significant drug use⟳ and drastically increases the risk⟳ of overdose or death. It is critical to know⟳ which drugs are uppers and downers to avoid⟳ this combination.”

“You don't really need⟳ to know⟳ me. I'm kind of a downer.”

“Geffen had never understood why such a downer of a film was being released over the holidays.”

“The ten-dollar bill was for eating money and the prod pole to be used when the train⟳ stopped for water in getting "downers" back on their feet.”

“In 1993, Farm Sanctuary produced undercover footage of downers being lifted by forklift at Hallmark, prompting introduction of a California downer cattle law the next year. Either management provided instructions to get⟳ the downers moving or was asleep at the wheel and let⟳ employees run⟳ wild — in either case, it's an indictment of management.”

“The two plants where I saw⟳ great reductions in downers have⟳ reduced, but not eliminated Paylean use⟳.”

“In the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, a strike⟳ may be a downer or a stoppage as defined by the Department.”

“Cowley experienced a rash of 'downers' — short, sharp, unofficial strikes.”

“The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.”

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