bottomed

bottomed
 adj.β€” Β«In spite of the slightly “bottomed” shocks, No. 763, Jeff Druek, manages to finish in sixth place.Β» β€”β€œA Boom Grows in the Dust” by John Thomas Wark New York Times May 15, 1977. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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