throwdown
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈθroʊˌdaʊn/
- NSFW
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- But how did Romeo and Juliet get into this testosterone throwdown?
Examples
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If we were voting on who would win a bar fight, the weathered Mainers would win a game of knuckle throwdown over the hippie Canadians without losing a grip on their Geary's.
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The fight outside the bar quickly escalated into a violent throwdown between two rival groups.
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Do you want a throwdown, you pubic 'fro-head?
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After exchanging heated words, the two men were ready to settle their differences in a physical throwdown.
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The neighborhood was shocked when a late-night throwdown broke out, drawing a crowd of onlookers.
Synonyms
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4.6
A noisy, violent fight among a group in a public place
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2.8
A physical fight where people hold and try to keep each other on the ground
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6.7
A close hand-to-hand fight often seen in wrestling
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7.8
A physical fight where people hit each other with fists
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4.1
To hit another person with your bare hands in a fight
A short fight using the fists
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
throwdown = throw (semi-transparent) = down + throw
Formed from 'throw' + 'down' and related to the phrasal verb 'throw down' (to challenge or engage in fighting), but the noun meaning 'a sudden intense brawl' is slangy and idiomatic rather than fully predictable for B1 learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'down' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Throwdown comes from the simple parts throw + down, where to 'throw down' meant 'to knock someone to the ground' or start a fight, so a throwdown is a sudden, physical fight.