downing
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downing¹
- /ˈdaʊnɪŋ/
Rhymes with -aʊnɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of down
noun downings
- An occasion on which something is downed. In several recent helicopter downings, the attackers used a variety of weapons[…].
- A defeat. This was not just a downing of fierce rivals for the home side, it was three precious points to go towards their quest to stay in the top flight.
Downing²
proper noun
- A surname.
- A city in Schuyler County, Missouri.
- A village in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
- Ellipsis of Downing College, Cambridge.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: downwards, downward, downbound, falling, fallen, pull down, downwardly, declining, descending, kill, set, cut down, thrown, knock down, behind, out
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noun an occasion on which something is downed (e.g. aircraft)
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