bottom

bottom

1. verb To drink the entirety of something. The kids wasted no time bottoming their sodas and asking for more.
2. noun The absolute lowest or worst point. (Often used in the phrase "rock bottom.") The price of milk is at rock bottom right now, which is great for consumers, but bad for farmers. I knew I had hit bottom when I missed my son's birthday party because I was hung over. That's when I knew I needed to get professional help.
3. noun One's buttocks. Jimmy tripped and landed right on his bottom.
4. noun In baseball and softball, the second half of an inning. It's the bottom of the ninth, and the Angels are winning 7-6.
5. noun In sexual activity between two men, the person who is penetrated (and who is often viewed as submissive). If you're both bottoms, then what are you going to do in the bedroom?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*(rock) bottom

the lowest point or level. (*Typically: be at ~; hit ~; reach ~.) The value of the goods is at rock bottom right now. Prices have reached rock bottom. When my life hit bottom, I gradually began to feel much better.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

bottom

1. n. the buttocks. My bottom is sore from sitting too long.
2. n. the second half of a baseball inning. Wilbur hit a double-bagger in the bottom of the second.
3. tv. to drink something to the bottom. He bottomed the beer and ordered another one.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) smooth as a baby's bottom
  • (as) soft as a baby's bottom
  • (from) top to bottom
  • (one's) bottom dollar
  • a/the race to the bottom
  • an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff
  • at bottom
  • at the bottom of the food chain
  • at the bottom of the heap
  • at the bottom of the hour
  • at the bottom of the ladder
  • at the bottom/top of the pile/heap
  • be at the bottom of (something)
  • be at the bottom of something
  • be bumping along the bottom
  • be scraping the barrel
  • be/lie at the bottom of something
  • bet bottom dollar
  • bet one’s bottom dollar
  • bet one's bottom dollar, one can
  • bet your bottom dollar
  • bet your bottom dollar/your life
  • bottom
  • bottom drawer
  • bottom drops out
  • bottom drops out, the
  • bottom edge
  • bottom falls out
  • bottom feeder
  • bottom fell out
  • bottom fishing
  • bottom hand
  • bottom line
  • bottom of (one's) heart
  • bottom of it, at the/get to the
  • bottom of the bag
  • bottom of the barrel
  • bottom of the barrel, scrape the
  • bottom of the heap
  • bottom of the ladder
  • bottom of the line
  • bottom of the ninth
  • bottom out
  • bottom the house
  • bottoms up
  • Bottoms up!
  • bump along the bottom
  • copper-bottomed
  • every tub must stand on its own bottom
  • from the bottom of (one's) heart
  • from the bottom of heart
  • from the bottom of my heart
  • from the bottom of one's heart
  • from the bottom of your heart
  • from the depths of (one's) heart
  • from top to bottom
  • get to the bottom of
  • get to the bottom of (something)
  • get to the bottom of something
  • he who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom
  • hit bottom
  • hit rock bottom
  • hit/reach rock bottom
  • knock the bottom out
  • knock the bottom out of
  • knock the bottom out of (someone or something)
  • learn (something) from the bottom up
  • learn from the bottom up
  • let every tub stand on its own bottom
  • lie at the bottom of (something)
  • on the bottom rung (of the ladder)
  • one’s bottom dollar
  • race to the bottom
  • reach (rock) bottom
  • rock bottom
  • scrape the bottom of the barrel
  • soft as a baby's bottom
  • the bottom drops out of (one's) world
  • the bottom drops out of the market
  • the bottom drops/falls out of somebody's world
  • the bottom drops/falls out of the market
  • the bottom falls out of (one's) world
  • the bottom falls out of something
  • the bottom falls out of the industry
  • the bottom falls out of the market
  • the bottom falls out of your world
  • the bottom fell out of (something)
  • the bottom line
  • the bottom of the barrel
  • the bottom of the heap
  • the bottom of the hour
  • the bottom of the ladder
  • the bottom of the pile
  • touch (rock) bottom
  • touch bottom
  • you bet your bottom
  • you can bet your bottom dollar (on something)
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