"beatdown" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-beatdown.ogg Forms: beatdowns [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from beat down; influenced by earlier throwdown. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|beat down}} Deverbal from beat down Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} beatdown (countable and uncountable, plural beatdowns)
  1. (slang) A severe beating. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-beatdown-en-noun-hcfdJWyD Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 36 34 30
  2. (professional wrestling, slang) A prescribed situation, usually to advance an angle or establish character, where two or more wrestlers severely beat up another wrestler or performer. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-beatdown-en-noun-76UPe5XN Categories (other): Professional wrestling, Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 36 34 30 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling
  3. (music) A subgenre of hardcore punk influenced by heavy metal. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-beatdown-en-noun-1Mtz90RH Categories (other): Musical genres, English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Violence Disambiguation of English deverbals: 12 25 63 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 23 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 19 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 17 78 Disambiguation of Violence: 36 34 30 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: smackdown

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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