down-down

noun

Among the Hash House Harriers, a penalty in which an individual must down his or her drink.

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Meanings

noundown-down (plural down-downs)

plural down-downs

  1. slangAmong the Hash House Harriers, a penalty in which an individual must down his or her drink.

    To be sentenced to a down-down is to be made to chug a beverage (you don't have to drink alcohol to belong anymore).

    2003 November, Skiing, volume 56, number 3, page 117
    1 more example

    Exceptions are made for children and non-beer drinking Indonesians — their down-downs are allowed to be made with water or soft drinks.

    1987, Susan Scott-Stevens, Foreign Consultants and Counterparts, page 81
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APA

down-down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down-down

MLA

“down-down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down-down. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “down-down,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down-down.

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