Definition of the low-down

low-down, the    

noun - uncountable

• the inside information.

  What's the low down on the race tonight?

  • See more words with the same meaning: information, gossip, speech, talk.

  Last edited on May 02 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'information, gossip, speech, talk':
dirt	Definitions include: negative information about a person or organization.
411, the	Definitions include: information.
chinwag	Definitions include: an informal chat.
what's clicking	Definitions include: a greeting similar in form to "What's up?" or "What's crackin'?", but more related to new trends on the Internet.
dox	Definitions include: personal information about a person (for example: their real name, home address, phone number) that has been released on the web.
juicy	Definitions include: secret or incriminating.
banter	Definitions include: Gossip, Fun, Cheeky Chat.
noise	Definitions include: a lot of talk; "babble".
straight scoop	Definitions include: a true back-story or set of facts.
scoop	Definitions include: a ride in a motor vehicle.
juice	Definitions include: gossip, secret information.
ABCs	Definitions include: basic facts.
pep talk	Definitions include: a conversation or speech designed to raise a person or group's mood or confidence.
hype	Definitions include: excited.
dish	Definitions include: to gossip.
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Other terms relating to 'down':
batten down the hatches	Definitions include: to prepare for hardship.
beat down	Definitions include: a fight or severe beating.
bout to put the beat down	Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up.
bow down	Definitions include: to back down from a situation.
bow down before the porcelain god	Definitions include: to vomit into a toilet.
bow down to the porcelain god	Definitions include: also "bow down to the white porcelain god."
bring down	Definitions include: to sadden one.
bring the house down	Definitions include: to greatly impress a crowd.
broke down	Definitions include: unattractive.
bust down	Definitions include: a person who has oral sex and intercourse with multiple people.
butter down	Definitions include: to knuckle down; to submit to; to melt down; to be unable to take the heat; to give in.
buttoned-down	Definitions include: overly formal, conservative.
chow down	Definitions include: to eat.
come down	Definitions include: to give someone oral sex.
cool down	Definitions include: to stop being angry.
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Other terms relating to 'low':
DL	Definitions include: DL is short for down-low, which basically means to keep things under-wraps, to keep a secret or lay low.
DL, the	Definitions include: See on the DL.
down low	Definitions include: to keep quiet.
fly low	Definitions include: to have the zipper on one's trousers unzipped.
get (one's) ears lowered	Definitions include: to get a haircut.
get some stank on (one's) hang low	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse with a woman.
GROLIES	Definitions include: acronym for "Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
keep a low profile	Definitions include: to hide.
keep it on the down low	Definitions include: keep it a secret.
LA	Definitions include: acronym for "lower Alabama".
lay low	Definitions include: to hide.
lie low	Definitions include: to hide.
low	Definitions include: very much under the influence of marijuana; "very high".
low-bandwidth	Definitions include: a session of communication that has little information relative to its time-length.
low blow	Definitions include: a mean-spirited response.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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