sit-down

Deverbal from sit down.

sit-down (not comparable)

1. Intended to be done, used, consumed etc. while sitting.

   It's nice to have a proper sit-down meal, rather than just a sandwich on the go.

sit-down (plural sit-downs)

1. An act of sitting down, especially with other people in some form of social exchange.

   Let's have a sit-down and talk about this properly.

2. A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.
   • 2003 (revised edition), Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States, HarperCollins 2005, p. 401:

     The sit-downs were especially dangerous to the system because they were not controlled by the regular union leadership.

   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 108:

     I helped organize a sit-down outside an Oxford hairdressers' shop that refused black female customers.

• sit-downer

• diswont