to get (a passing vehicle) to stop and give one a ride, signalling to the driver by holding out one's thumb (as a hitchhiker) / to disapprove or reject

(UK, dialect) Of rain: pouring straight down. / (UK, dialect) Of a person: forthright; honest.

(UK, dialect) Thoroughly.

plural of down dog

(transitive, slang) To pay (an amount of money).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quieten down

plural of down train

simple past tense and past participle of quieten down

To lower to the same level or status.

(transitive) To speak vehemently against; to decry.