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Down Vocabulary Words Quiz

Based on the definition, guess these words that start or end with down.
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Last updated: September 12, 2015
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First submittedSeptember 20, 2011
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Definition
Word
Heavy rain
Downpour
Reduction in credit rating
Downgrade
Downward air current
Downdraft
Square dance
Hoedown
Layoffs
Downsizing
Cessation of all operations
Shutdown
Insult
Putdown
Extortion
Shakedown
Six points in football
Touchdown
Internet file transfer
Download
Definition
Word
Move into a lower gear
Downshift
When all prisoners are confined to their cells
Lockdown
Water landing of a space capsule
Splashdown
Central business district
Downtown
Hotel service to prepare the bed for sleeping
Turndown
House that will be demolished
Teardown
Major catastrophe in a nuclear reactor
Meltdown
To lower the price of something
Markdown
Tube that takes water down from a gutter
Downspout
Mechanical failure of a car
Breakdown
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Level ∞
Jan 13, 2014
Updated!
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Level 66
Jan 21, 2014
We call the pipe that takes water from the gutter a downpipe
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Level 74
Jan 21, 2014
Seconded
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Level 74
Jan 21, 2014
Thirded
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Level ∞
Jan 21, 2014
That will work now.
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Level 82
Jan 21, 2014
Got everything else but never heard of a downspout before. Or a downpipe. Though I guessed pipe. I guess I did hear the song about the itsy bitsy spider...
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Level 57
Apr 8, 2014
I don't think I've ever heard teardown used as a noun. You're asking for a house that will be demolished, so your answer is "A teardown". I don't believe teardown is a word that can be used in that way. Maybe change the clue to "To disassemble a house".
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Level ∞
Apr 8, 2014
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teardown
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Level 74
May 24, 2014
We would call a house bought for demolition/redevelopment a "knockdown"
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Level 63
Jul 20, 2016
From an Aussie, we would say knockdown.
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Level 69
Dec 13, 2021
Another Australian here: it's always "knockdown" here. Never heard teardown, but managed to guess it eventually.
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Level 69
Oct 28, 2017
Hadn't heard of tear nor knock, but guessed knock. And I'm not an Aussie
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Level 16
Nov 28, 2017
Teardown is a word used when disassembling something. Ask iFixit
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Level 61
Mar 16, 2018
I tried torn, knock and finally tear...that was the only hard one, at least for me.
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Level 35
Jun 26, 2018
...we'd say demolition...
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Level 88
Aug 17, 2019
The Big Bad Wolf would call it a blowdown.
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Level 75
Aug 31, 2014
Thanks, I needed an easy 100% correct quiz today to raise my self-esteem and make me feel superior to others.
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Level 67
Apr 3, 2015
LOL!
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Level 68
Oct 2, 2015
I call the hotel service a "tuck down"
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Level 71
Nov 25, 2015
I say 'Change Down' instead of Down Shift.
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Level 78
Feb 22, 2016
Consider "cutdown" in addition to "putdown"...
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Level 51
Apr 10, 2017
Smackdown for insult?
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Level 65
Feb 12, 2020
I tried that as well (and teardown haha, but that one was allready used. But: "Vilify, denigrate

trying to tear down his reputation" still seems correct)

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Level 71
May 24, 2017
13/20. Most of these I got when trying to guess on some different word. :/
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Level 47
Oct 12, 2017
down fall should count
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Level 43
May 27, 2018
seconded
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Level 65
Apr 29, 2018
could down tools for cessation of all operations also fit?
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Level 43
May 27, 2018
People also call rain Downfall
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Level 54
Jul 9, 2018
lol I missed touchdown, and only touchdown.
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Level 65
Feb 12, 2020
Reading the answers... Your busted.
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Level 67
Feb 12, 2020
Guessed randomly for turndown
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Level 60
Jan 25, 2022
downbad
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Level 82
Apr 11, 2023
Never come across shakedown meaning extortion before. Is that American?
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Level 67
Nov 4, 2023
I should have got downsizing as I watch the Office. I love business euphamisms like that. Cleaning house is another colorful description of the same thing.
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Level 44
Mar 15, 2024
Got them all except "breakdown". Way to overthink it