lowdown

[ noun loh-doun; adjective loh-doun ]

noun

1. Usually the lowdown. the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information:

   We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.

adjective

1. contemptible; base; mean:

   a lowdown trick.

2. low, especially socially or morally; degraded.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lowdown¹

First recorded in 1540–50; low ¹ + down ¹

Example Sentences

I sat down with Stuart and got the lowdown on all those questions and more.

From Outside Online

Take a break and read on to get the lowdown on the best foot massagers and their many benefits.

From Popular-Science

Today, we serve up the lowdown on the HBCU sports programs to watch, highlight the stars set to shine and dive into how the reckoning on America’s streets is changing college sports.

From Ozy

While law enforcement and consumer protection advocates have been busier than ever, today’s Daily Dose gives you the lowdown on what’s happening and how to protect yourself.

From Ozy

If you know the category of ski you’re looking for, click directly to it in the menu below to get the lowdown.

From Outside Online

Lowdown Mr. Lee trained the elephants to shoot mud and water from their trunks whenever threatened.

From The Daily Beast

He treated me mighty sorry—it was lowdown and mean all the way through, the way he done me—but I didn't mean him no real harm.

From Project Gutenberg

Here's the behind-the-scenes lowdown on Luna City life and a promoter of Martian dancing girls, vaudeville, and—other things.

From Project Gutenberg

You can't give up a lowdown trade That your ancestors began; A butcher butchers things, and yet He's the tenderest-hearted man.

From Project Gutenberg

He could be lowdown and vulgar enough to ask right out if he wished.

From Project Gutenberg

One is lowdown and contemptible and nasty, and the other is expedient.

From Project Gutenberg

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