downpress

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verb

To push or press downwards.

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Meanings

verbdownpress (third-person singular simple present downpresses, present participle downpressing, simple past and past participle downpressed)

present singular third person downpresses · participle present downpressing · participle past downpressed · past downpressed

  1. transitiveTo push or press downwards.
  2. RastafaritransitiveTo oppress.

    That’s why the white man just downpress you so.

    2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 156

Origin

From down + press.

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Cite this entry
APA

downpress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downpress

MLA

“downpress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downpress. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downpress,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downpress.

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