lowdown

[loh-doun, 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

Sometimes viewers just want to have fun, something provided by Ethan Hawke in “The Lowdown,” where he got in touch with his inner ornery old coot and played a pulp-fiction hero with a taste for rare books.

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After shooting the pilot episode of “The Lowdown” in Omaha, Hawke shaved his head and flew to Dublin.

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Playing Lee in “The Lowdown” was less of an overt challenge.

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He then returned to Omaha to shoot the rest of “The Lowdown,” an experience he calls “a lot of work but really fun.”

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On the FX series “The Lowdown,” created by Hawke’s pal Sterlin Harjo, he’s Lee Raybon, a reckless journalist.

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