downer

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdaʊnə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdaʊnɚ/ Rhymes: -aʊnə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From down + -er. ==== Noun ==== downer (plural downers) (slang) A negative drug trip. (slang) Any drug that has depressant qualities. Antonym: upper (slang) 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. 1978, C. T. B. Smith, Great Britain. Dept. of Employment, Manpower Papers (issue 15, page 158) In the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, a strike may be a downer or a stoppage as defined by the Department. ===== Synonyms ===== (something or someone disagreeable): buzzkill, killjoy, spoilsport; see also Thesaurus:spoilsport ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== German: Downer ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Perhaps related to tanner (“sixpence”). ==== Noun ==== downer (plural downers) (UK, slang, obsolete) A sixpence. ===== References ===== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Anagrams === Nedrow, Rowden, Wonder, Worden, red won, wonder, wondre == German == === Adjective === downer inflection of down: strong/mixed nominative masculine singular strong genitive/dative feminine singular strong genitive plural