Crossword clues for lowdown
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
lowdown \low"down`\, low-down \low"-down`\n. true confidential information.
Syn: details, dope, poop, inside dope, inside information.
lowdown \low"down`\, low-down \low"-down`\a. of the most contemptible kind; contemptible; mean; base; vile; -- of people or the actions of people; as, a lowdown sneak thief.
Syn: abject, base, despicable, low, lowdown, miserable, vile.
2. having the soulful feeling of early blues; -- of jazz.
Syn: funky.
Wiktionary
a. Unfair; shameful. n. The story or truth; the scoop or dirt.
Wikipedia
"Lowdown" is a song written by Peter Cetera and Danny Seraphine for the rock band Chicago and recorded for their third album Chicago III (1971). It was the second single released from this album, and peaked at #35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Cetera provided lead vocals while guitarist Terry Kath used a fuzzbox and wah-wah pedal for his guitar solo and Robert Lamm made prominent use of the Hammond organ. A Japanese-language version of the song was recorded in 1972 for the Japan market and released as a single. It would be released digitally on the Japan-only compilation CD The Heart of Chicago 1967-1971 Volume II Special Edition (green cover), which also contains " Questions 67 and 68" sung in Japanese.
The group performed the song live with the Japanese lyrics during tours of Japan in 1972, documented on the Live in Japan album.
"Lowdown" is a song originally recorded in 1976 by Boz Scaggs for his album, Silk Degrees. The song was co-written by Scaggs and David Paich. Keyboardist David Paich, along with fellow "Lowdown" session musicians bassist David Hungate, and drummer Jeff Porcaro, would later help form the band Toto.
Lowdown can refer to:
- Lowdown (Chicago song) (1971)
- Lowdown (Boz Scaggs song) (1976)
- Lowdown (TV series), an Australian comedy TV series
- " Lowdown / The Latter", a single released by Xample (2007).
- Lowdown (software), an implementation of the Markdown markup language in Chicken Scheme
- The Lowdown, a website about depression developed by the New Zealand Ministry of Health
- The Lowdown (TV series), a British documentary series first broadcast in 1988
- Low Down, a 2014 American biopic film about jazz singer, Joe Albany
Lowdown is an Australian television comedy series set in the world of celebrity journalism. Created by Amanda Brotchie and Adam Zwar, it stars Zwar, Paul Denny, Beth Buchanan, Dailan Evans, Kim Gyngell and is narrated by Geoffrey Rush. The ABC series premiered on 21 April 2010 and is produced by Nicole Minchin and directed by Amanda Brotchie.
Usage examples of "lowdown".
The persona, who called herself the New Blue Rose of Chiba City for no reason Konstantin could discern, was an assassin, a popular occupation among lowdown children, but at least not a gang member, or a whore.
I thought maybe you got the lowdown on the cops in Apalachicola, or you fished around for some general information about whether they've had any trouble down that way.
There's a double sawbuck in it for anybody who can give me some interesting lowdown on this Marcella Harris dame who got croaked last weekend.
And by God, if she didn't redeem herself by getting the lowdown by lunchtime, she'd contemplate taking on another extracurricular activity other than gossiping.
Let me fill in a few pieces of the big mosaic for you, boy: Here I am, playing wet-nurse to all of you morons, the sorriest passel of lowdown, worthless sissies ever to escape being infant sacrifices to Baal Hammon back when it might've done us all some good.
The lowdown (which is, of course, the secret and profound view) on life is that our normal sensation of self is a hoax or, at best, a temporary role that we are playing, or have been conned into playing--with our own tacit consent, just as every hypnotized person is basically willing to be hypnotized.