of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them. We want you to give us the low-down on your team-mates. = gen
emphasis You can use low-down to emphasize how bad, dishonest, or unfair you consider a particular person or their behaviour to be. a lowdown, evil drunkard They will stoop to every low-down trick. = despicable. dishonest and unkind
[ 'lO ] (intransitive verb.) before 12th century. Middle English loowen, from Old English hlOwan; akin to Old High German hluoen to moo, Latin calare to call, summon, Greek kalein.