downer.
A negative drug trip.
Meaning & usage
A negative drug trip.
Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer.
Any drug that has depressant qualities.
Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
A livestock animal that has collapsed.
A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English down Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English downer From down + -er.
A sixpence.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps related to tanner (“sixpence”).
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