English Explanatory Dictionary

smackdown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A physical or emotional confrontation; a battle, a fight; also, a bitter rivalry.
  2. A significant or humiliating setback or defeat; a beating, a thrashing.

Pronunciation

/ˈsmækdaʊn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smackdown.wav /ˈsmækˌdaʊn/

Word forms

smackdown smackdowns

Etymology

Deverbal from smack down (“to defeat utterly and decisively, especially in a humiliating way”), from smack (“sharp blow, slap”, noun) + down. Influenced by earlier throwdown. Popularized by: * the United States professional wrestling television programme WWF SmackDown! (first broadcast on April 29, 1999), now called WWE SmackDown and produced by World Wrestling Entertainment; and * the phrase lay (or put) the smack down (“to start a fight”).

Synonyms

ass beating ass kicking battering beatdown beating boom-boom clobbering dressing-down drubbing dusting flogging hiding going over kicking lacing lamming larruping leathering loundering licking pasting pummeling shellac shoeing smackdown thrashing thumping thwacking warming whaling whipping whopping whupping wiping

Related words

beatdown lay the smack down smack down
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