单词 | smackdown |
释义 | smackdownn. Originally and chiefly U.S. A beating; a humiliation, decisive setback, or defeat; an instance of repression or severe treatment. Also: a confrontation; a bitter contest or rivalry. Cf. beat-down n.Popularized by the U.S. professional wrestling television show WWF Smackdown! (first broadcast 1999, later having various titles). ΚΠ 1990 Windsor Star (Electronic ed.) 27 Dec. a11 No fewer than four students have been suspended for smooching in violation of Allan Herchek's edict, pushing Lamont to the brink of a campus revolt... The kids in Lamont think his smackdown reeks of Orwellian rule. 1999 (title) WWF Smackdown! 2000 N.Y. Mag. 1 May 3/1 So maybe it wasn't Armageddon, but for many new companies (and newly minted millionaires), the April 14 [stock] market smackdown spelled the beginning of the end. 2002 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 74/4 Despite their initial rivalry, Picasso and Matisse each ultimately acknowledged the other as his only true equal. See the fruits of the smackdown, and the subsequent love, at London's Tate Modern ‘Matisse Picasso’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1990 |
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