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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word put downs:

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  1. put-downs: Merriam-Webster
  2. put-downs, put-downs, put downs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. put-downs: Vocabulary.com
  4. put-downs: Wordnik
  5. put-downs, put downs: Wiktionary
  6. put-downs: Dictionary.com
  7. put-downs: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See put_down as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (put down)

verb:  (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
verb:  (of money as deposit) To pay.
verb:  To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
verb:  (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
verb:  (euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
verb:  To write (something).
verb:  To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
verb:  To add a name to a list.
verb:  (UK, Ireland) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
verb:  (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
verb:  (idiomatic) To give something as a reason for something else.
verb:  (aviation, idiomatic, of an aircraft) To land.
verb:  (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
verb:  (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
verb:  (slang, US) To drink.
verb:  (obsolete, printing) To set type in lowercase; to switch type from capital to lowercase letters.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
noun:  Alternative spelling of put-down [An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark.]
▸ Also see put_down


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