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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions throw down verb (inf=to throw down, throws down, throwing down, threw down, thrown down) (transitive, literal sense) to cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully. The soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered. (US, colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) to produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully. 2001, Dave Thompson, Funk, http://books.google.com/books?id=RIEjkWXZdrMC&pg=PT1&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=-vKtjkheVDNMDj3qhCOZzZHCljA back cover :...this guide tracks the artists and recordings that the funk! 2004, Kylie Adams, Ex-Girlfriends, http://books.google.com/books?id=DEr_oSBHFJwC&pg=PA48&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=snIkWrM5UaRzCUzSF7APi6LHiAU p48 :"Punch up the rhymes. Throw down some beats. Show off that body. You'll be unstoppable." (US, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive) to fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand. 2002, Lory Janelle Dance, Tough Fronts: The Impact of Street Culture on Schooling, http://books.google.com/books?id=maEOFNEaAoUC&pg=PA60&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=jxe_iQ6YwIVrpN6NQKOKVJvOUyg p60 :Let's you and me 'throw down' right here, right now! 2004, William Bowers, "I Think I'm Going to Hell", in Da Capo Best Music Writing 2004, http://books.google.com/books?id=QYHUExudAdoC&pg=PA41&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=wu9KnwjqfwFpMk3Q7AI2Y4ym15c p41 :When someone near me at a show called the band My Boring Racket, I was ready to , but for the good sense of an accompanying female... 2004, Bell Hooks, We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity, http://books.google.com/books?id=OaaqBUsmUV4C&pg=PA59&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=aVxZyEN4CUtxJo9UltGh3grj0Ys p59 : Today's young and hip black male who fancies himself a radical, who is ready to for the cause, is not talking about neo-colonialism, about global struggle. 2006, Erick S. Gray, Nasty Girls: An Urban Novel, http://books.google.com/books?id=fwJJmihM7x4C&pg=PA32&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=tHFOwZxqlUqEsdTl5dydJlpcjlA p32 :She said no words and was the first to . She stepped up to Dee, and pow! 2006, Sherman D. Manning, Blue-Eyed Blonde, http://books.google.com/books?id=5zn82N7XmnsC&pg=PA345&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=mcZ5kw3gLljkh1tp0PqKbrXDdVY p345 :The time has come. I'm ready to take action. I wanna kick ass and take names later. I wanna , baby boy and baby girl. (US, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive) (by extension) to accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent". 1997, Richard C. Green, Soul: Black Power, Politics, and Pleasure, http://books.google.com/books?id=LVb8Z6KBaZoC&pg=PA93&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=isx2A-3jGJTapzadmIhkuEnfbaU p93 : Yeah, they could literally . When their sound came out, it was earth-shaking. 1998, Sheila Copeland, Chocolate Star, http://books.google.com/books?id=EC78t0ErfwQC&pg=PA260&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=tygdSqIhDlHWyRIaR4iU9iUpRPg p260 :"You're performing for the who's who of radio and records at the Soul Train Awards tonight and you've got to ". 2005, J. Anthony White, The Class Conscious Crew: S.W.A., http://books.google.com/books?id=zoF6rSt0Lw8C&pg=PT9&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=DQjaPvN7ajxws33EU4q19qife0E p? :...she wouldn't mind marrying a man with some serious bank and able to sho-nuf throw-down in the bedroom! (US, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive) to make an individual contribution to a group effort (eg. money pool, collaborative record album) ''"We're goin' in on a pizza; you in?" "Yea, I'll ." Etymology: "Fighting and incitement" sense evolved from the older idiom throw down the gauntlet. Sense of "accomplish something respectable" likely evolved further in street culture from a sense of "to make a stand" inherent in the fighting sense.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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