lowdown

Lowdown is defined as a slang term for inside or secret information.

(noun)

An example of the lowdown is the latest high school gossip.

The definition of lowdown is cruel or mean, or depressed.

(adjective)

An example of something lowdown is a taunting joke about someone's weight.

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See lowdown in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Slang the true, pertinent facts; esp., secret or inside information: with the

adjective

  1. mean; contemptible
  2. depressed; blue: feeling lowdown
  3. Jazz earthy; funky: a lowdown blues

See lowdown in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang
The whole truth: gave us the lowdown on what happened at the party.

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