downswingn.
/ˈdaʊnswɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌswɪŋ/ 1. A downward swing; spec. the descending movement of a golf club about to hit the ball, following the backswing.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > movements
swing-back1862
waggle1885
address1887
downswing1891
follow-through1891
overswing1902
soling1909
upswing1922
takeaway1957
1891 J. F. Cowan Jo-boat Boys i. 11 The drifting barge was through the bridge, and the red light on her bow was on the down swing.
1893 H. G. Hutchinson Golfing 32 Stand steadily on your feet. Let the swing be a harmony, the up-swing more slow than the down-swing, but in a certain relation to it.
1922 P. G. Wodehouse Clicking of Cuthbert viii. 192 Do shout ‘Boo!’ at him when he is starting his down-swing!
1992 H. Penick Harvey Penick's Little Red Bk. 149 Be careful the downswing is not from the outside. Come down the line on plane and hit a hard fly ball over the shortstop.
2014 Today's Golfer Feb. 24/2 Halfway through the downswing the butt should be pointing at the ball.
2. A decline or downward trend (esp. as part of a cycle of fluctuation); a downturn.In early use frequently in business contexts.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition
rureOE
ebbingc1200
fallc1225
declinea1327
downfallingc1330
downfalla1400
fall of mana1400
wanea1400
ruinc1405
wrack1426
inclinationc1450
declination1533
labefactation1535
ebb1555
falling off1577
declining1581
inclining1590
declension1604
downset1608
neck-breaka1658
overseta1658
lapsing1665
reducement1667
lapse1680
labefaction1792
downshift1839
subsidence1839
downgrade1857
downturn1858
downslide1889
downswing1922
turn-down1957
tail-off1975
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > declining or falling off
declinea1327
fadea1400
paira1400
declining1481
vading1570
fall1590
hield1599
languishment1617
decay1636
defalcation1649
decidence1655
fall-off1676
falling off1761
fallaway1879
downswing1922
society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > states or trends of the economy
inflation1821
economic cycle1832
recovery1843
downdraught1852
perfect competition1853
downturn1858
softness1872
slump1888
downtrend1890
sag1891
under-consumption1895
recession1905
downdrift1906
economic recession1908
air pocket1913
stickiness1913
trough1916
deflation1920
downswing1922
slowdown1922
scissors1924
scissors crisis1925
uptrend1926
reflation1932
depresh1933
upswing1934
stagnation1938
countercycle1944
fiscal cliff1957
turn-down1957
stagflation1965
soft landing1973
slumpflation1974
downer1976
1922 Amer. Econ. Rev. 12 36 The chief obstacles..toward moderating the upswing and downswing of business conditions are the traditional aversion in America to centralization of power.
1935 Economist 2 Feb. 250/2 Mr. Crump..regards the crisis in the main as the normal downswing of the trade cycle.
1959 Spectator 11 Sept. 336/2 The sufferer should be told..about this..fluctuation in his malady, so that he doesn't get unduly discouraged during a down-swing.
1970 Nature 21 Nov. 703/2 The present epidemic, hopefully, seems to be on the downswing.
2016 N.Y. Jewish Week 18 Mar. 3/2 Twenty years ago, most of us thought anti-Semitism was on the downswing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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