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descending

1. To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down.
2. To slope, extend, or incline downward.
3. To come from an ancestor or ancestry.
4. To come down from a source; derive.
5. To pass by inheritance.
6. To lower oneself.
7. To proceed or progress downward, as in rank, pitch, or scale.
8. To arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner.
1. I descended down the spiral staircase.
2. “A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain” (J.R.R. Tolkien).
3.He was descended from a pioneer family.
4.A tradition descending from colonial days.
5.The house has descended through four generations.
6.“She, the conqueror, had descended to the level of the conquered” (James Bryce).
7.Titles listed in descending order of importance; notes that descended to the lower register.
8.Summer tourists descending on the seashore village.
by Psychosis November 10, 2005
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Descending Dick

A sexual technique that uses downward momentum to propel the man's genitalia into a waiting partner. The catalyst for the downward momentum is irrelevant as it is only important that the mans ankle smacker is being pulled down by gravity into the eager counterpart for the move to be deemed "Descending Dick".
Melon gave me some mad descending dick in the hammock last night woooweee.
by Melon Toucher December 29, 2016
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descending horse

The act of going down on a man while wearing horse masks and yelling "naah" while climaxing
At the party we walked into a couple doing the descending horse and then joined them.
by burningTinman March 29, 2015
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Descending Fifths

A term used for when notes are constructed moving down by perfect fifths in succession.
Joshua K. Aalampour is so dark and mysterious with his descending fifths in his piece "Enemies To Lovers"!
by NyxxWasTaken May 31, 2025
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Trans-Descendant

(Unbiased definition)

A umbrella term for non-transgender and non-transsexual person who has ancestry of transgender and transsexual people. They have first appeared before the 21st century.
That person from the Coloradan city of Denver who invented this definition himself is Trans-Descendant
by Ryan900USAYT January 28, 2022
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Always Defending Mugabe

A joke made by English comedian Jack Whitehall. After seeing Robert Mugabe being interviewed, it is said that Whitehall's father errupted at the television stating that Mugabe was 'an odious c*nt'.
His Mother then spins round from the kitchen sink and screams for him to shut up and 'NEVER..EVER use that language infront of his children!' to which his Father repies:

'That's just TYPICAL of you Hilary.. ALWAYS DEFENDING MUGABE'.

To be used when some one has missed the point of a person's rant or explosion of explict language or just when some one has expressed controversial or offensive opinions.
Thats just TYPICAL of you, Hilary... ALWAYS DEFENDING MUGABE
by Shamumofo August 7, 2011
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defending the shield

Origin is from ESPN's Pardon the Interrupton

Wilbon makes fun of Kornheiser's "NFL, right or wrong" defense of league policy, no matter how absurd it may be.

1) to blindly defend a rule, decision, or product, soley based on the fact that you're in love with it
"Don't say anything about how shitty AT&T's cell phones are. Bob's a former employee, and he'll bore you to death, defending the shield"

"Someone brought up Mike Vick, then Pat jumped in, and started defending the shield. He must be Roger Goodell's cousin"
by Crazy Savages October 8, 2009
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