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put-down

  [poot-doun]
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–noun
1. a landing of an aircraft.
2. Informal.
a. a disparaging, belittling, or snubbing remark.
b. a remark or act intended to humiliate or embarrass someone.
Also, putdown.

Origin:
1960–65; n. use of v. phrase put down
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put·down or put-down   (pŏŏt'doun')   
n.   Slang
A critical, disparaging, or slighting remark.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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put-down

  1. n.
    an insult; an intentionally cruel and deflating insult. : Another put-down like that and I'm going home.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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