Down second flipping hot drink (6)
I believe the answer is:
mopish
'down' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'second flipping hot drink' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 'mo' (both are short periods of time).
'flipping' says the letters should be written backwards.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'drink' becomes 'sip' (sipping is a kind of drinking).
'h'+'sip'='hsip'
'hsip' backwards is 'pish'.
'mo'+'pish'='MOPISH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mopish that I've seen before include "Somewhat depressed" , "Listless" , "dejected" , "down in the dumps" , "low on spirits" .)