Words that rhyme with hoedown

n 1: the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London" [syn: dislocation, breakdown] 2: a mental or physical breakdown [syn: breakdown, crack-up] 3: a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" [syn: breakdown, equipment failure] 4: an analysis into mutually exclusive categories [syn: breakdown, partitioning]

adj 1: of a color similar to that of wood or earth [syn: brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown] 2: (of skin) deeply suntanned [syn: brown, browned] n 1: an orange of low brightness and saturation [syn: brown, brownness] 2: Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) [syn: Brown, Robert Brown] 3: abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859) [syn: Brown, John Brown] 4: a university in Rhode Island [syn: Brown University, Brown] v 1: fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan" 2: make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard" [syn: embrown, brown]

n 1: sudden restriction on an activity

n 1: a rude or vulgar fool [syn: clown, buffoon] 2: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior [syn: clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew] v 1: act as or like a clown [syn: clown, clown around, antic]

n 1: decline to a lower status or level

n 1: counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)

n 1: severely repressive actions

n 1: the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy; "the colonies revolted against the Crown" 2: the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel 3: a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory 4: an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty [syn: crown, diadem] 5: the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head 6: an English coin worth 5 shillings 7: the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant [syn: crown, treetop] 8: the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit] 9: the award given to the champion [syn: pennant, crown] 10: the top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown] 11: (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown" [syn: crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, cap] 12: the center of a cambered road [syn: crown, crest] v 1: invest with regal power; enthrone; "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey" [syn: crown, coronate] 2: be the culminating event; "The speech crowned the meeting" [syn: crown, top] 3: form the topmost part of; "A weather vane crowns the building" 4: put an enamel cover on; "crown my teeth"

adv 1: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward" [syn: down, downwards, downward, downwardly] [ant: up, upward, upwardly, upwards] 2: away from a more central or a more northerly place; "was sent down to work at the regional office"; "worked down on the farm"; "came down for the wedding"; "flew down to Florida" [ant: up] 3: paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace" 4: from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son" 5: to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black" [ant: up] 6: in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again" adj 1: being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today" [ant: up] 2: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream" [syn: down(a), downward(a)] 3: becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market" 4: being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth" 5: understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" [syn: down, down pat(p), mastered] 6: lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" [syn: depressed, down(p)] 7: shut; "the shades were down" 8: not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down" 9: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited] n 1: soft fine feathers [syn: down, down feather] 2: (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards" 3: English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) [syn: Down, John L. H. Down] 4: (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil 5: fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) [syn: down, pile] v 1: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" [syn: toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill] 2: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" [syn: devour, down, consume, go through] 3: bring down or defeat (an opponent) 4: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" [syn: down, shoot down, land] 5: cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" [syn: down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down] 6: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" [syn: polish, refine, fine-tune, down]

n 1: a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider [syn: eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt] 2: down of the eider duck

n 1: a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment" [syn: disappointment, letdown]

n 1: the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes

n 1: a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) [syn: summation, summing up, rundown]

adj 1: intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise" n 1: initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown" 2: a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs" 3: extortion of money (as by blackmail)

n 1: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off]

n 1: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" [syn: closure, closedown, closing, shutdown]

n 1: the act of slowing down or falling behind [syn: slowdown, lag, retardation]

n 1: a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight

n 1: the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon [syn: sunset, sundown] [ant: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup]

n 1: (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position; "a takedown counts two points" 2: a crushing remark [syn: put-down, squelch, squelcher, takedown]

n 1: a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line 2: a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes

n 1: (in India and Malaysia) a warehouse

adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone] 2: having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch"

adj 1: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [syn: abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy] 2: (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues [syn: funky, low-down] n 1: slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?" [syn: dope, poop, the skinny, low-down]

adj 1: being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake" [syn: inverted, upside-down]