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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

lowdown

· low·down · IPA /lˈoʊdˌaʊn/
01 n. true confidential information.
  1. 1.
    true confidential information.
Syn. details, dope, poop, inside dope, inside information.
02 a. of the most contemptible kind; contemptible; mean; base; vile; -- of people or the actions of people; as, a lowdown sneak thief.
  1. 1.
    of the most contemptible kind; contemptible; mean; base; vile; -- of people or the actions of people; as, a lowdown sneak thief.
  2. 2.
    having the soulful feeling of early blues; -- of jazz.
Syn. abject, base, despicable, low, lowdown, miserable, vile. — Syn. -- funky.