down low
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.22 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The state of being a man who secretly sleeps with people other than his partner.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
Undercover or lying about one's identity.
adj
Purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men.
Example Sentences
- "I'll tell you, but keep it on the down low."
- "[Chorus]:And keep it on the down low Nobody has to know."
- "I sleep with men, but I am not bisexual, and I am certainly not gay. I am not going to your clinics, I am not going to read your brochures, I am not going to get tested. I assure you that none of the brothers on the down low like me are paying the least bit of attention to anything you have to say."
- "I think it must be hard for trans men who like guys. Most gay guys don't like vaginas. […] The guys I'm interested in are down-lows, DLs."
Usage
Inflected Forms
down lows (plural)
down-low (alternative)
downlow (alternative)
more down low (comparative)
most down low (superlative)