to get (a passing vehicle) to stop and give one a ride, signalling to the driver by holding out one's thumb (as a hitchhiker) / to disapprove or reject

A science park near Porton in Wiltshire that is home to two British military research facilities

(UK, dialect) Of rain: pouring straight down. / (UK, dialect) Of a person: forthright; honest.

(UK, dialect) Thoroughly.

(US) One living down east; a New Englander, especially an inhabitant of Maine.

plural of down-easter

(US) In or into Maine and adjoining parts of New England.

(US, military, slang) A party held to celebrate promotion in the navy.

plural of down dog

(transitive) To speak vehemently against; to decry.