| Noun | 1. | low-down - slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?" | |
| Adj. | 1. | low-down - 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" | |
| 2. | low-down - (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early bluesjazz - a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" | |