Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

window-down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English

Syllables: win-dow--down
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of graffiti covering a train, etc. from the base of the window downward.

Example Sentences

"To bomb the system is to saturate MTA subway cars with one's signatures. ln the 1980s, certain writers were identified as bombers because they had mastered all disciplines of the form: insides, throw-ups, window-downs, top-to-bottoms, […]"
"They saw Rimester near a light tower, one of the older writers, a black guy wearing a kufi, a skullcap, who did amazing wildstyle window-downs, Ismael had to admit—the letters decorated with love poems and sentiments of heartbreak."

Inflected Forms

window-downs (plural)

Phrases

top-to-bottom

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does window-down mean?: A piece of graffiti covering a train, etc. from the base of the window downward.

How to pronounce window-down

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