throwdown
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- noun
- /ˈθroʊˌdaʊn/
- Informal
:
competencia
- During the festival, participants eagerly signed up for the annual pie-eating throwdown to prove who could eat the most.
Examples
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The community organized a friendly throwdown to showcase local talent in music and dance.
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Congratulations to all the CFS athletes who competed in the Merced Holiday Throwdown.
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But my dream party, crazy Larry throwdown, it's going down.
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In order to be a calculated pro, it's important to take emotion out of the Throwdown.
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And so we literally had a family throwdown for several months about this topic, and it finally culminated.
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Awesome, it's a nerd throwdown.
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And he'd like to have a throwdown with you sometime.
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Time to blow off some steam with a well-deserved throwdown.
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Best wishes to Chris Robertson, Atsushi, Anna, and Lyn, who are all competing at the Lalanne Fitness Summer Throwdown on Saturday.
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At the barbecue, everyone was excited for the meat-cooking throwdown where the best chef would win a prize.
Synonyms
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A challenge to someone to fight or compete
Antonyms
How Competitive
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
throwdown = throw (semi-transparent) = down + throw
Derived from the phrasal verb 'throw down' meaning to challenge or engage in a contest, but the noun sense 'an informal contest or challenge' is idiomatic and requires familiarity with the phrasal use. [Postprocessing: moved 'down' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Throwdown comes from throw + down, where to 'throw down' also came to mean 'to challenge' someone, so a throwdown can be an informal contest or challenge to prove who is better.