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bottom Theme: BUTTOCKS n. the buttocks.Ted fell on his bottom and just sat there.My bottom is sore from sitting too long. Theme: DRINKING tr. to drink something to the bottom.He bottomed the beer and ordered another one.Come on. Bottom that beer, and let's get out of here. Theme: SPORTS - BASEBALL n. the second half of a baseball inning.It's the bottom of the second, Wilbur 's up.Wilbur hit a double-bagger in the bottom of the second.
bottom noun 1 the buttocks. A colloquial usage, delightfully defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as follows: 'The sitting part of a man, the posteriors, the seat' UK, 1699. 2 the submissive partner in a homosexual or sado-masochistic relationship US, 1961
Bottom nickname Miami, Florida US, 1991
idiombottom► the bottom of the heap/pile —see the top of the heap/pile► you can bet your bottom dollarbe/lie at the bottom of sthto be the basic cause of a problem or situation:I think that lack of money is at the bottom of many family problems.His experience in the war may lie at the bottom of his deep distrust of people in authority.the bottom drops out of your world/lifeused in order to say that you are very disappointed or unhappy, and feel that there is no reason for your life to continue:She said she couldn't come with me, and I felt as if the bottom had dropped out of my world.The bottom dropped out of our lives when our son died.the bottom falls/drops out of the market(also the bottom falls/drops out AmE)used in order to say that people stop buying something, so that the people who sell it cannot make any money:On Thursday October 24th, 1929, the bottom fell out of the New York stock market.The business was growing rapidly and then the bottom fell out in 1997. We were losing money as fast as we made it.be bumping along the bottom BrEBrEserious situation to be in a bad situation, especially a bad financial situation, which is not getting any better or any worse ◆ often used in business:In its latest review the bank said the economy was still bumping along the bottom - just as it reported a year ago.At the time, the housing market was just bumping along the bottom.from the bottom of your heartspoken used in order to say that you mean something very sincerely, especially when you are thanking someone:Ken, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for all your support.I would like to say, from the bottom of my heart, how much we all admire you for what you have done.get to the bottom ofto find the real cause of a problem or situation, when this is difficult and takes time:If an accident happens, I try to get to the bottom of it, and prevent it from happening again.Unless we're prepared to ask really difficult questions, we'll never get to the bottom of this problem.hit/reach rock bottom(also be at rock bottom)1 to be in a very bad situation, that you think could not possibly be worse:You can afford to make one mistake, but not to keep making them until you hit rock bottom.I was at rock bottom, and I decided I had to try to give up heroin.2 to be at a very low level:After six months of working without visible results, our morale and sense of purpose had hit rock bottom.Jim had bought his house when prices were at rock bottom.rock-bottom: All CDs are at rock-bottom prices, for this week only.knock the bottom out ofto make it impossible for a business activity to continue or be successful:The food poisoning scare had knocked the bottom out of the restaurant business.We lost a lot of money when the bottom was knocked out of the property market by the recession. phrasebottom[bottomed, bottomed, bottoming] bottom out bottom out to stop decreasing or becoming worse, especially before starting to increase or improve again: Most people believed that the fall in the value of the dollar had bottomed out. House prices in California have bottomed out, and are expected to start rising in the near future. A lot of jobs have been lost, but there are now signs that the recession is bottoming out.
bottom1. 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? *(rock) bottomthe 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. bottom1. 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. 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 (something)
- learn (something) from the bottom up
- learn from the bottom up
- lie at the bottom of (something)
- 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
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