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downglide

downglide noun: a downward glide.

Noun

downglide (plural downglides)

  1. A downward glide.
    • Assuming that upglides signal tentativeness, interpersonal meaning and doubt, stereotypical belief would expect women to favour upglides rather than downglides.2011, Britta Mondorf, Gender Differences in English Syntax, page 56

Forms of downglide

pluraldownglides

Origin of downglide

From down + glide.

Questions about downglide

What does downglide mean?
Downglide means a downward glide.
What part of speech is downglide?
Downglide is a noun.
What is the plural of downglide?
The plural of downglide is downglides.

Words near downglide in the dictionary

  1. downgauged
  2. downgauges
  3. downgauging
  4. downgaze
  5. downgazes
  6. downglide
  7. downglides
  8. downgliding
  9. downgoing
  10. downgoings
  11. downgone

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