throwdownとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Deverbal from throw down. Fight and music senses from earlier idiom throw down the gauntlet (“issue a challenge”).

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名詞

throwdown (plural throwdowns)

1. (slang, wrestling) A fall, indicating defeat.
2. (slang, rare) A weapon planted at a crime scene in order to mislead investigation, especially in situations where deadly force would only have been justified if the victim were armed. Also an untraceable weapon kept in readiness for such use.
3. (slang, basketball) A slam dunk.
4. (slang) A fight or brawl; or, a challenge or incitement to fight.
5. (slang, hip-hop) A performance by a rapper or DJ that is intended to be particularly hardcore or intense.

   a hip-hop throwdown

6. (slang, hardcore punk music) A type of hardcore dance in which a person violently clears a space for himself and appears to be ready to fight those around him, while making violent and erratic movements with his body.
7. (Australia, informal) A 250 ml bottle of beer.
8. (Australia) A type of small firework that explodes with a loud noise when thrown violently onto the ground.

参考

• beatdown, smackdown

アナグラム

• downthrow

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動詞

throw down (third-person singular simple present throws down, present participle throwing down, simple past threw down, past participle thrown down)

1. (transitive) To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.

   Synonyms: cast down, cast aside, throw aside

   The soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered.

2. (transitive, dated) To destroy or demolish.

   to throw down a tower

3. (slang, idiomatic, transitive) To produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully.
   • 2001, Dave Thompson, Funk, back cover:

     ...this guide tracks the artists and recordings that throw down the funk!

   • 2004, Kylie Adams, Ex-Girlfriends‎, page 48:

     “Punch up the rhymes. Throw down some beats. Show off that body. You'll be unstoppable.”

4. (slang, idiomatic, intransitive, by extension) To accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
   • 1997, Richard C. Green, Soul: Black Power, Politics, and Pleasure‎, page 93:

     Yeah, they could literally throw down. When their sound came out, it was earth-shaking.

   • 1998, Sheila Copeland, Chocolate Star‎, page 260:

     “You're performing for the who's who of radio and records at the Soul Train Awards tonight and you've got to throw down”.

5. (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To drink a large amount quickly.

   "We need to finish these five pitchers in half an hour, so throw down as fast as you can!"

6. (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To fight; to make a stand.
   • 1994 December 6, R. Kelly, “Age Ain't Nothing but a Number”, in Age Ain't Nothing but a Number, performed by Aaliyah, track 4:

     Age ain't nothin' but a number / Throwin' down ain't nothin' but a thing / This lovin' I have for you, it'll never change

   • 2002, Lory Janelle Dance, Tough Fronts: The Impact of Street Culture on Schooling‎, page 60:

     Let's you and me 'throw down' right here, right now!

   • 2004, William Bowers, “I Think I'm Going to Hell”, in Da Capo Best Music Writing 2004, page 41:

     When someone near me at a show called the band My Boring Racket, I was ready to throw down, but for the good sense of an accompanying female...

   • 2004, bell hooks, We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity‎, page 59:

     Today's young and hip black male who fancies himself a radical, who is ready to throw down for the cause, is not talking about neo-colonialism, about global struggle.

   • 2006, Erick S. Gray, Nasty Girls: An Urban Novel‎, page 32:

     She said no words and was the first to throw down. She stepped up to Dee, and pow!

   • 2006, Sherman D. Manning, Blue-Eyed Blonde‎, page 345:

     The time has come. I'm ready to take action. I wanna kick ass and take names later. I wanna throw down, baby boy and baby girl.

   • 2025 October 15, “Twisted Christian”, in South Park, season 28, episode 1, spoken by PC Principal:

     [to Jesus Christ] Yeah, I’ve got fucking faith, dude! What do you have, you little bitch? You wanna throw down, bro?

7. (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To make an individual contribution to a group effort (e.g. money pool, collaborative record album).

   "We're goin' in on a pizza; you in?" "Yeah, I'll throw down."

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   • 1911, “gelatin, gelatine”, in Century Dictionary, volume 3, page 2477:

     A yellowish-white precipitate is thrown down from a solution of gelatin by tannin, which forms an elastic adhesive mass.

関連する語

• throwdown, throw-down
• throw down the gauntlet

参考

• bring it
• throw up

アナグラム

• downthrow