window-down

noun

A piece of graffiti covering a train, etc. from the base of the window downward.

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Meanings

nounwindow-down (plural window-downs)

plural window-downs

  1. A piece of graffiti covering a train, etc. from the base of the window downward.

    They saw Rimester near a light tower, one of the older writers, a black guy wearing a kufi, a skullcap, who did amazing wildstyle window-downs, Ismael had to admit—the letters decorated with love poems and sentiments of heartbreak.

    2011, Don DeLillo, Underworld
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    To bomb the system is to saturate MTA subway cars with one's signatures. ln the 1980s, certain writers were identified as bombers because they had mastered all disciplines of the form: insides, throw-ups, window-downs, top-to-bottoms, […]

    2002, Ivor Miller, Aerosol kingdom: subway painters of New York City, page 195
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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