showdown

noun
/ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn/US

Etymology

From show + down.

  1. derived from *dʰewh₂-
  2. derived from *dūnom
  3. derived from *dʰewh₂- — “smoke, haze, dust
  4. inherited from *dūnaz
  5. inherited from *dūnā — “sandhill, dune
  6. inherited from dūn
  7. inherited from doune
  8. compounded as showdown — “show + down

Definitions

  1. The final battle between two opponents, in which there can be only one victor.

    • David cut his teeth on international politics in his showdown with Goliath, a battle fit for the ages.
    • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored on his first start since recovering from malaria as Arsenal prepared for their Europa League showdown against Villarreal with a confidence-boosting win away to Newcastle at St James' Park.
  2. The final round in a poker match, where all of the remaining players' cards have to be…

    The final round in a poker match, where all of the remaining players' cards have to be put down on the table and shown.

The neighborhood

Derived

posedown

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for showdown. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA