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bottoms up

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bot⋅tom

  [bot-uhm]
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–noun
1. the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a hill; the bottom of a page.
2. the under or lower side; underside: the bottom of a typewriter.
3. the ground under any body of water: the bottom of the sea.
4. Usually, bottoms. Also called bottom land. Physical Geography. low alluvial land next to a river.
5. Nautical.
a. the part of a hull between the bilges, including the keel.
b. the part of a hull that is immersed at all times.
c. the cargo space in a vessel.
d. a cargo vessel.
6. the seat of a chair.
7. Informal. the buttocks; rump.
8. the fundamental part; basic aspect.
9. bottoms, (used with a plural verb) the trousers of a pair of pajamas.
10. the working part of a plow, comprising the plowshare, landside, and moldboard.
11. the cause; origin; basis: Try getting to the bottom of the problem.
12. Baseball.
a. the second half of an inning.
b. the last three players in the batting order.
13. lowest limit, esp. of dignity, status, or rank: When people sink that low, they're bound to reach the bottom soon.
14. Usually, bottoms. Chemistry. the heaviest, least volatile fraction of petroleum, left behind in distillation after more volatile fractions are driven off.
–verb (used with object)
15. to furnish with a bottom.
16. to base or found (usually fol. by on or upon).
17. to discover the full meaning of (something); fathom.
18. to bring (a submarine) to rest on the ocean floor: They had to bottom the sub until the enemy cruisers had passed by.
–verb (used without object)
19. to be based; rest.
20. to strike against the bottom or end; reach the bottom.
21. (of an automotive vehicle) to sink vertically, as when bouncing after passing over a bump, so that the suspension reaches the lower limit of its motion: The car bottomed too easily on the bumpy road.
–adjective
22. of or pertaining to the bottom or a bottom.
23. located on or at the bottom: I want the bottom book in the stack.
24. lowest: bottom prices.
25. living near or on the bottom: A flounder is a bottom fish.
26. fundamental: the bottom cause.
—Verb phrase
27. bottom out, to reach the lowest state or level: The declining securities market finally bottomed out and began to rise.
—Idioms
28. at bottom, in reality; fundamentally: They knew at bottom that they were only deceiving themselves. Also, at the bottom.
29. bet one's bottom dollar,
a. to wager the last of one's money or resources.
b. to be positive or assured: You can bet your bottom dollar that something will prevent us from leaving on time.
30. bottoms up, (used interjectionally to urge the downing of one's drink).
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME botme, OE botm; akin to ON botn, D bodem, G Boden, L fundus, Gk pythmn, Skt budhná

Synonyms:
1. base, foot. 8, 11. foundation, groundwork.
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Slang Dictionary
bottom

  1. n.
    the buttocks. : My bottom is sore from sitting too long.
  2. n.
    the second half of a baseball inning. : Wilbur hit a double-bagger in the bottom of the second.
  3. tv.
    to drink something to the bottom. : He bottomed the beer and ordered another one.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Bottoms up

  1. sent.
    Let us drink up! (A drinking toast.) : They all raised their glasses, and the host said, “Bottoms up!”
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bottom 
O.E. botm, bodan "ground, soil, lowest part," from P.Gmc. *buthm- (cf. O.Fris. boden "soil," O.N. botn, O.H.G. bodam, Ger. Boden "ground, earth, soil"), from PIE base *bhu(n)d(h)- (cf. Skt. budhnah, Avestan buna- "bottom," Gk. pythmen "foundation," L. fundus "bottom, piece of land, farm," O.Ir. bond "sole of the foot"). Meaning "posterior of a man" is from 1794; the verb "to reach the bottom of" is from 1808. Bottom dollar "the last dollar one has" is from 1882.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

bottom

The lowest price to which a stock, market index, or another asset will sink. Compare top.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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