Word.ws English Dictionary

smacks down

smacks down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smack down.

Meaning of smack down

Verb

smack down (third-person singular simple present smacks down, present participle smacking down, simple past and past participle smacked down)

  1. (informal, transitive) To defeat utterly and decisively, especially in a humiliating way.
  2. (informal, transitive) To successfully refute someone or someone's idea or proposal.

Questions about smacks down

What is smacks down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Smacks down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smack down.

Words near smacks down in the dictionary

  1. smackingly
  2. smackings
  3. smackless
  4. smacks
  5. smacks around
  6. smacks down
  7. smacks out
  8. smacks up
  9. smacksman
  10. smacksmen
  11. smacktalk

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: smacks down (page history and authors); smack down (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “smacks down.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/smacks_down. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.