dead
- adverb
- /dɛd/
- UK
- If you can't accomplish a task in one to two clicks, you're dead right, right.
Are you dead serious, dead serious, dead serious, bro.
- Are you dead serious, dead serious, dead serious, bro.
- If you can't accomplish a task in one to two clicks, you're dead right, right.
- Oh yeah, I'm dead ass serious so.
- He looked me dead in the eyes and said you're beautiful.
- Bruh, this man, I'm dead serious now, mind you, again, I'm in the room quiet.
- I'm like, Dang, so then we get on the plane, right and come on, talk to me dead serious.
Examples
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He looked me dead in the eyes and said you're beautiful.
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When you say you're dead certain about your plans, you really mean it.
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Are you dead serious, dead serious, dead serious, bro.
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Bruh, this man, I'm dead serious now, mind you, again, I'm in the room quiet.
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So if you're not subscribed to my gaming channel, dead, dead, dead, dead.
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He dead rode Father McShane.
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I dead reckon we should be in the Pooking Straits.
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I'm dead tired after that long hike; I need to rest.
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She was dead keen to join the team after hearing about the project.
Synonyms
Completely and without any doubt
Completely, to show that something is true
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
Idioms
- Informal
Continuing to talk about something already decided and pointless
Compounds
- Specialized
A person with no brain activity and no chance to get better, though the body may still work
- Jargon
A secret place where people leave messages or items for others to collect without meeting
A group of ancient Hebrew and Aramaic writings found in caves near the Dead Sea
- Specialized
To estimate your position using direction, distance, and past information without tools
- Specialized
A position where the piston and rod are straight so the engine cannot turn
- Literature
A phrase that once made a clear picture but now feels literal like 'leg of a table'
A small plant with leaves like stinging nettles that does not sting when touched, often in gardens
- Specialized
A space with no air movement between layers that helps keep heat in or out
- Specialized
Material made by heating limestone until it stops reacting and does not bind well
- UK
A cold room in hospitals and funeral homes that holds dead bodies before burial or cremation
A phrase used to describe famous white European men from history who stand for traditional ideas
A position for floating face down in the water with arms stretched forward to rest and breathe
- Specialized
A species or group that cannot have young and so ends its family line
A European plant from the mint family with white flowers that looks like stinging nettles but does not sting
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Etymology
In British English dead is used as an adverb to mean 'completely' or 'very', and this use comes from the older idea of 'total' or 'no life'. So 'dead right' or 'dead tired' means 'completely right' or 'very tired'.