downer

Noun

 * 1)  A negative drug trip.
 * Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer.
 * 1)  A drug that has depressant qualities.
 * 2)  Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
 * 3) A livestock animal that has collapsed.
 * 4) A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.
 * 5) * 1978, C. T. B. Smith, Great Britain. Dept. of Employment, Manpower Papers (issue 15, page 158)
 * In the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, a strike may be a downer or a stoppage as defined by the Department.
 * 1) A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.
 * 2) * 1978, C. T. B. Smith, Great Britain. Dept. of Employment, Manpower Papers (issue 15, page 158)
 * In the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, a strike may be a downer or a stoppage as defined by the Department.
 * 1) * 1978, C. T. B. Smith, Great Britain. Dept. of Employment, Manpower Papers (issue 15, page 158)
 * In the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, a strike may be a downer or a stoppage as defined by the Department.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:spoilsport

Translations

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 * Maori: (pūroi) haupēhi
 * Swedish: nedåttjack

Etymology 2
Perhaps related to.

Noun

 * 1)  A sixpence.