n.
Function: noun
Date: 1710
1 : DESCENT , DEPRESSION
2 : an instance of putting down
3 a : a complete play to advance the ball in football b : one of a series of four attempts in American football or three attempts in Canadian football to advance the ball 10 yards
4 chiefly British : DISLIKE , GRUDGE
5 : DOWNER
6 : a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of -1/3 and that is one of the constituents of a nucleon