takedown
Plural: takedowns
Noun
- An article designed to be easily disassembled.
- (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position
- "a takedown counts two points"
- a crushing remark
- A taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.
- A taking down: an act of bringing one's opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both legs and applying a rearward bending moment.
- Enforced removal of material from a website, etc.
Examples
- His opponent’s score suffered a TAKEDOWN after a risky challenge failed in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
Deverbal from take down.
Scrabble Score: 16
takedown: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtakedown: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
takedown: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
takedown: valid Words With Friends Word