💀 To stop living 🤤 To want deeply 🌫️ To end 🤣 To be overwhelmed 🛑 To stop working 🎲 A dice cube 🛠️ A shaping tool 🧘 To become indifferent 🔧 To shape material 🍾 To lose fizz

to die

113 8.1

To feel very embarrassed or laugh a lot

verb
/daɪ/

Informal

: morirse de

I, my mom and I just died laughing about it afterwards.

And Kylie and I have just been dying with laughter.

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Examples

And he's just going on in this bit, and I'm dying laughing.
When he told the funny story, I thought I would die laughing.
And, and we died laughing, man.
And you know for me, I think I always die laughing.
Oh my God I nearly died so cheers to that.
Oh my gosh, I was dying when I saw these.
And I and the audience is dying laughing.
And Kylie and I have just been dying with laughter.

I've Had It
I hate logic, but sometimes I use it so that I won't die from anxiety.

Academic text (2007)
I'm dying here.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Synonyms

to die a thousand deaths

vsto die

Informal

2 8.6

To feel very afraid or worried many times

is felt suddenly and overwhelmingly in a single intense moment

Antonyms

to keep one's cool

Informal

1 3.4

Stay calm and control your feelings when things are hard

Idioms

to die for

Informal

36 7.9

So attractive and wanted that people would do a lot to have it

do or die

Informal

19 6.7

A situation when you must succeed because failure is not allowed

to live and die by

Informal

6 7.2

To depend completely on a belief or rule

cross my heart and hope to die

Informal

3 8.2

To promise honestly that you are telling the truth

live by the sword, die by the sword

3 8.3

People who use violence are likely to die violently

to die a thousand deaths

Informal

2 8.6

To feel very afraid or worried many times

sine die

Formal

1 9.9

With no date set to meet again

to die on one's arse

Offensive

9.9

To feel very bored and not interested in what is happening

Phrasal Verbs

to die of

560 1.1

To stop living because of a cause like disease or old age

to die out

44 3.7

To stop existing over time, for example animals or traditions

to die down

44 2.7

To become less strong or loud over time

to die hard

34 7.3

To last for a long time even when people try to stop or change it

to die off

28 5.8

Plants or animals gradually become fewer until none remain

to die away

9 4.2

To become quieter and then stop

to die back

Specialized

1 6.7

Plant shoots or leaves stop living from the tips inward

Compounds

do-or-die

Informal

5 7.2

Willing to do anything to succeed when the situation is urgent

never-say-die

Informal

3 7.4

A person who shows strong hope and refuses to give up

do-or-die moment

Informal

1 6.0

A time when someone must succeed or they will fail under great pressure

tool-and-die work

Specialized

1 8.1

Work of designing, making, and fixing metal tools and forms used to make parts

die-sinker

Specialized

1 9.9

A person who cuts designs in metal to make stamps for coins or medals

blanking die

Specialized

9.8

A tool that cuts flat material into an exact shape in one step

live-and-die

Australian

9.9

A small bush from the tropics whose leaves fold when touched and that has sharp thorns

Surface Forms

die infinitive

dying present participle

dies third person singular

died past

died past participle

Etymology

The informal use of die in expressions like 'I nearly died of embarrassment' is an exaggeration of the main meaning — it paints a strong picture of feeling so intense you feel as if you would 'stop living', which makes the idea very clear.