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Noun: smackdown  'smak,dawn
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A hostile disagreement face-to-face
    - confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off
     
  2. A sound defeat
    - thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping, hammering [informal], pasting [informal], débâcle, beatdown [N. Amer]

Derived forms: smackdowns

Type of: defeat, disagreement, licking

Encyclopedia: Smackdown