Reverse Dictionary: PUT-DOWN (insult)

NOUNS
► BURN a put-down → 20C teen & high school sl.
► KING’S ELEVATOR an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront → M20 US sl.
► ROYAL SCREW an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront → 20C US sl.
► ROYAL SHAFT an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront → 20C US sl.

PHRASES
► WHAT THE BLOODY HELL’S CRAWLIN’ ON YOU, MATE? a put-down → Bk1999 Aust. sl.

VERBS
► ANNIHILATE to humiliate or put down a person → 1881
► BURN to be put down → 20C teen & high school sl.
► CAP to put down; to insult → 20C teen & high school sl.
► CHEW to embarrass, to put someone down → 1908 Amer. dial.