showdown
English
noun
Definitions
- The final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor.
- (poker) The final round in a poker match, where the all remaining players' cards have to be put down on the table and shown.
Etymology
Compound from English show (performance, entertainment) + English down (from a higher position to a lower one, hill).
Origin
English
down
Gloss
from a higher position to a lower one, hill
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Branton English
- aftershow English
- antidown English
- aquashow English
- auto show English
- backdown English
- beatdown English
- blowdown English
- boildown English
- bouncedown English
- bringdown English
- builddown English
- burndown English
- buydown English
- cast down English
- clampdown English
- cleardown English
- climbdown English
- comedown English
- cooking show English
- countdown English
- cramdown English
- cutdown English
- down English
- down-gyved English
- down-hearted English
- downable English
- downbound English
- downbow English
- downcard English
- downcase English
- downchirp English
- downclimb English
- downcoast English
- downcomer English
- downcutting English
- downdip English
- downer English
- downface English
- downfalling English
- downflex English
- downfold English
- downforce English
- downgauge English
- downgaze English
- downglide English
- downgoing English
- downgone English
- downgyved English
- downhearted English
- downland English
- downlead English
- downlight English
- downlighting English
- downlike English
- downlist English
- download English
- downlooked English
- downlying English
- downmass English
- downmost English
- downness English
- downpick English
- downpipe English
- downpress English
- downrange English
- downrank English
- downsample English
- downselection English
- downshift English
- downshifter English
- downside English
- downsitting English
- downslope English
- downsloping English
- downslur English
- downsome English
- downspout English
- downstair English
- downstate English
- downstreet English
- downstrike English
- downstroke English
- downstyle English
- downtempo English
- downthrow English
- downthrown English
- downtick English
- downtime English
- downtone English
- downtown English
- downtube English
- downward English
- downwards English
- downwarp English
- downwell English
- downy English
- downzone English
- drawdown English
- drilldown English
- dropdown English
- dubdown English
- dumbed-down English
- eiderdown English
- evendown English
- featherdown English
- floorshow English
- foreshow English
- forthshow English
- goosedown English
- hoedown English
- intershow English
- kickdown English
- knockdown English
- lay down English
- legshow English
- lookdown English
- lowdown English
- markdown English
- midshow English
- minishow English
- mixdown English
- motor show English
- mountdown English
- neckdown English
- outshow English
- overshow English
- pastedown English
- patdown English
- paydown English
- peepshow English
- phasedown English
- playdown English
- postshow English
- preshow English
- pushdown English
- reshow English
- ringdown English
- roadshow English
- rolldown English
- rubdown English
- scaledown English
- scavage English
- scrubdown English
- sdown English
- selldown English
- setdown English
- show English
- show barn English
- show-goer English
- showability English
- showable English
- showbag English
- showband English
- showbill English
- showbiz English
- showboat English
- showboy English
- showbread English
- showbusiness English
- showcard English
- showcase English
- showest English
- showeth English
- showfield English
- showfloor English
- showfolk English
- showfolks English
- showful English
- showgirl English
- showgoer English
- showground English
- showguide English
- showhome English
- showhorse English
- showhouse English
- showie English
- showish English
- showjumper English
- showjumping English
- showlike English
- showman English
- showoff English
- showperson English
- showpiece English
- showplace English
- showplan English
- showreel English
- showroom English
- showrunner English
- showstopper English
- showstopping English
- showtime English
- showwoman English
- showy English
- sideshow English
- slapdown English
- slideshow English
- smackdown English
- smokeshow English
- spelldown English
- spindown English
- splashdown English
- spookshow English
- staredown English
- stepdown English
- strapdown English
- stripdown English
- sundown English
- supershow English
- talk English
- talkdown English
- teardown English
- teleshow English
- thistledown English
- throwdown English
- touchdown English
- trickledown English
- tumbledown English
- turndown English
- up so down English
- upside down English
- washdown English
- winddown English
- write-down English
- show Finnish
- Show German
- down German
- show Hungarian
- down Dutch, Flemish
- show Dutch, Flemish
- шоу Russian
- show Spanish, Castilian
- *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- show Norwegian Bokmål
- show Portuguese
- show Swedish
- ショー Japanese
- show Norwegian Nynorsk
- doune Middle English
- schewen Middle English
- sjá Old Norse
- šou Serbo-Croatian
- xou Catalan, Valencian
- शो Hindi
- ดาวน์ Thai
- โชว์ Thai
- şov Turkish
- sô Vietnamese
- ရှိုး Burmese
- 作秀 Chinese
- 當機 Chinese
- 脫口秀 Chinese
- šou Slovak
- shoo Swahili
- شو Urdu
- daun Tok Pisin
- daunbilo Tok Pisin
- daunim Tok Pisin
- soim Tok Pisin
- talk
- show
- down
- sdown
- downy
- showy
- reshow
- showie
- downer
- outshow
- preshow
- showful
- paydown
- mixdown
- sundown
- hoedown
- lowdown
- scavage
- Branton
- showoff
- showest
- downdip
- showbiz
- setdown
- dubdown
- cutdown
- rubdown
- legshow
- showbag
- buydown
- showeth
- showman
- showboy
- midshow
- patdown
- showish
- downbow
- downgone
- downtone
- teleshow
- showable
- showtime
- downtown
- showgoer
- downlike
- aquashow
- pushdown
- showband
- downlist
- downtube
- showhome
- downward
- showboat
- comedown
- kickdown
- downcase
- overshow
- sideshow
- downpick
- peepshow
- turndown
- downflex
- evendown
- beatdown
- downwarp
- showfolk
- downlead
- download
- showbill
- teardown
- roadshow
- downland
- showgirl
- lookdown
- foreshow
- downrank
- neckdown
- drawdown
- playdown
- markdown
- downmass
- spindown
- downsome
- selldown
- downside
- downface
- postshow
- winddown
- blowdown
- talkdown
- stepdown
- dropdown
- showplan
- burndown
- lay down
- showreel
- slapdown
- showcase
- downcard
- downwell
- downness
- downtick
- downzone
- downable
- backdown
- washdown
- downgaze
- minishow
- downslur
- downmost
- antidown
- rolldown
- boildown
- showcard
- showlike
- showroom
- ringdown
- downpipe
- downfold
- cramdown
- downtime
- downrange
- downstate
- pastedown
- intershow
- countdown
- floorshow
- downstair
- show-goer
- supershow
- goosedown
- smokeshow
- downpress
- downwards
- bringdown
- downstyle
- cleardown
- showpiece
- downtempo
- downgauge
- downcoast
- touchdown
- downshift
- showwoman
- show barn
- scrubdown
- phasedown
- smackdown
- drilldown
- eiderdown
- aftershow
- downslope
- knockdown
- stripdown
- showplace
- climbdown
- scaledown
- spookshow
- staredown
- showfolks
- downclimb
- downlight
- throwdown
- cast down
- spelldown
- showguide
- mountdown
- clampdown
- showbread
- strapdown
- downbound
- builddown
- showfloor
- downcomer
- showfield
- downforce
- downglide
- forthshow
- showhorse
- downgyved
- showhouse
- downthrow
- downspout
- downchirp
- downgoing
- downlying
- auto show
- slideshow
- downlooked
- tumbledown
- downstrike
- down-gyved
- up so down
- downthrown
- showjumper
- splashdown
- bouncedown
- motor show
- downstroke
- showperson
- showrunner
- downstreet
- downsample
- showground
- write-down
- downsloping
- downshifter
- dumbed-down
- showstopper
- showability
- upside down
- downsitting
- featherdown
- downcutting
- downhearted
- trickledown
- thistledown
- showjumping
- downfalling
- cooking show
- showstopping
- downlighting
- showbusiness
- down-hearted
- downselection