setdown

== English == === Alternative forms === set-down === Etymology === Deverbal from set down. (buttocks): See set as US regional form of sit, and see sit down. === Pronunciation === === Noun === setdown (countable and uncountable, plural setdowns) The act of setting down something or someone. 2003, Nancy Kerrigan and Mary Spencer, Artistry on Ice, Champaign IL: Human Kinetics, Chapter 18, p. 141,[2] […] lifts are an equal relationship, with both [figure skating] partners starting the lift, maintaining its position in the air, and executing a smooth setdown. The act of descending onto a surface (of an aircraft or spacecraft). Synonyms: landing, touchdown (dated) The humbling of a person by act or words. (dated) A retort or a reproof that has a humbling effect. Synonym: put-down (slang, obsolete) A sit-down meal eaten by a tramp; a charitable meal provided to a tramp in the giver's home. (US, slang, obsolete) A person’s buttocks. === Anagrams === down-set, downest, downset