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dead
Theme: DULL
1.
mod. dull; lifeless; flat.
This meal is sort of dead because I am out of onions.The pop went dead because someone left it open.Who wants dead pop?
2.
mod. quiet and uneventful; boring.
The day was totally dead.What a dead day!Things were sure dead around this town this summer.
Theme: EXHAUSTION
mod. very tired.
I am just dead from all that jogging.I went home from the office, dead as usual.
Theme: IRRELEVANCE
mod. (of an issue) no longer germane; no longer of any importance.
Forget it! It's a dead issue.The project is dead. Don't waste any more time on it.
Theme: NONFUNCTIONING
mod. no longer effective; no longer of any consequence.
You're dead, Fred. You can't help us anymore.That guy is dead—out of power.
belly up
mod. dead.
That's the end. This company is belly up.After the fire the firm went belly up.
blown away
mod. dead; killed. (Underworld.)
Four of the mob were blown away when the cops got there.That guy was blown away weeks ago.
boxed
mod. dead; died.
My old dog is boxed. A car hit her.He's boxed. There's nothing that can be done.
cold
mod. dead.
This parrot is cold— pifted!When I'm cold and buried, I hope people will think of me fondly.
crumped (out)
mod. dead.
Our old dog crumped out at age fourteen.Uncle Dave is crumped and now there's nobody left to drive that 1952 Cadillac.I am so tired. I feel half-crumped.
dead and gone
mod. [of a person] long dead.
Old Gert's been dead and gone for quite a spell.When I'm dead and gone, I hope folks remember me at my best.
DOA
1.
mod. “dead on arrival.” (Hospitals. Initialism.)
The kid was DOA, and there was nothing anybody could do.Do you want to end up DOA?
2.
n. a person who is dead on arrival at a hospital.
They brought in two DOAs Saturday night.Drugs increase the number of DOAs considerably.
eliminated
mod. killed.
Mr. Big wanted Max eliminated.When Max is eliminated, there will be no competition.
feeling no pain
mod. feeling nothing; dead.
Now, poor Jed is feeling no pain.Your aunt is feeling no pain now. She slipped away before dawn.
laid out
mod. dead; having to do with a corpse arranged for a wake. (Not slang.)
When the remains were laid out, the children were allowed to come in.When I'm laid out and ready to be planted, make sure this little book is in my hand.
outed and offed
mod. dead; killed.
The witness was outed before a subpoena could be issued.The guy was offed when we found him.
out of the way
mod. dead; killed.
The crooks put the witness out of the way before the trial.Now that her husband was out of the way, she began to get out and about more.
phfft
mod. finished; done for.
There is my cat, and zoom comes a car. My cat is phfft.Yup. Deader than a doornail. Phfft!
piffed
1.
and pifted tr. killed. (Past tense only.)
He piffed his goldfish by mistake.The speeding car pifted the cat sterday.
2.
and pifted mod. dead.
What will I do with a pifted cat?He's as piffed as they come.
pushing up daisies
mod. dead and buried. (Folksy. Usually in the future tense.)
I'll be pushing up daisies before this problem is solved.If you talk to me like that again, you'll be pushing up daisies.
put to bed with a shovel
mod. dead and buried.
You wanna be put to bed with a shovel? Just keep talking that way.Poor old Jake. He was put to bed with a shovel last March.
six feet under
mod. dead and buried.
Fred died and is six feet under.They put him six feet under two days after he died.
stiff
mod. dead. (Originally underworld.)
He's stiff. There's nothing that can be done.Yeah, he's stiff. Don't hit him no more.
stone dead
mod. dead; unquestionably dead; long dead.
The cat was stone dead and stiff as a board by the time we got to him.Old Tom is stone dead and in the ground.
stonkered
mod. killed.
The car crashed into him and he was stonkered for sure.He was stonkered before the plane hit the ground.
taken and had; took
mod. dead.
I'm sorry, your cat is taken—pifted.Your cat's took, lady, tough luck.
wasted
mod. dead; killed.
Max didn't want to end up wasted.That's silly. We all end up wasted one way or another.
X'd out
mod. killed. (Underworld.)
Mr. Big wanted Max X'd out.He wanted Bruno to see that all these smalltime punks were X'd out.
dead
1. adjective
1
absolute UK, 1894.
2
used for expressing a very high degree of trouble UK, 2002.
3
(of a place) dull, boring; without interest AUSTRALIA, 1945.
4
in a bar, used for describing any drink that has been abandoned UK, 1985.
5
(of a racehorse) not run on its merits; ridden to lose deliberately AUSTRALIA, 1957.
6
(used of dice) weighted to have one face land up more often than the law of averages would predict US, 1993.
7
in bar dice games, no longer wild. If a game is played with 'aces wild' (assuming the point value of any other die), a call of 'aces dead' after the first call of a hand nullifies the 'wild' status US, 1976.
8
in pinball, said of a bumper that scores when hit but does not propel the ball back into play US, 1977.
9
in pool, said of a shot made such that the cue ball stops completely after striking the object ball US, 1990.► not be found dead with; not be seen dead withused to deny the possibility that you will have anything whatsoever to do with someone or something UK, 1915.► not be seen dead in; not be found dead inused in expressions of dislike and dismissal for items of clothing; may also, with slight variation, be applied to a place UK, 1961
2. adverb
very, absolutely, extremely, completely. A general intensifier UK, 1589
3. noun
1
a corpse BARBADOS, 1971.
2
in any card game, cards that have been discarded US, 1973
idiomdead► have sb dead to rights► sb wouldn't be caught/seen dead catchbe dead set on (doing) sthused in order to say that someone is very determined that something should be done or happen:Kristen is dead set on keeping the house although it is practically falling to pieces.Weather service managers are dead set on moving to Monterey, where they think they can produce more accurate forecasts because of the conditions.opposite be dead set against (doing) sth: The Chief Justice was dead set against the idea of televising Supreme Court proceedings.

dead

1. Lacking any excitement, vitality, etc. This place is dead, man. Let's bounce. That restaurant is always dead during lunch hour. I have no idea how they stay open.
2. Exhausted to the point of no longer being able to function. I'm usually pretty dead by the time I get home after going to the gym after work, so I just eat dinner and go to bed. I could tell my players were giving it their best, but after 90 minutes, their legs were just dead.
3. No longer working at all due to a malfunction or breakdown. My computer is dead. I can't even turn it on.
4. Having been drained of all power, as of a battery. These batteries are dead. Do you have any new ones? My phone is dead, and it's going to take a while to charge it.
5. Absolutely. You'd better be dead certain about this decision, because you can't take it back.
6. Exact(ly). See that sign? The one dead ahead. You've got to hit the button in the dead center or else it won't work.
7. Abruptly or suddenly, and often without further movement. The deer stopped dead in its tracks when it heard me coming. He was able to stop the car dead on the edge of the cliff.
8. slang Defunct or having no power or possibility of coming into effect. That bill was dead even before it reached the senate—public opinion killed it.
9. No longer having any significance or bearing on anything. As far as I'm concerned, that's a dead issue, so let's stop discussing it.
10. Total or utter. There was dead silence in the room when she announced her resignation.
11. slang A term used to indicate that one thinks something is extremely funny (so much so that they've died laughing). Typically used as a hashtag on social media. OMG that's hilarious! #dead

dead

1. mod. quiet and uneventful; boring. The day was totally dead.
2. mod. very tired. I went home from the office, dead as usual.
3. mod. dull; lifeless; flat. This meal is sort of dead because I am out of onions.
4. mod. no longer effective; no longer of any consequence. That guy is dead—out of power.
5. mod. [of an issue] no longer germane; no longer of any importance. Forget it! It’s a dead issue.
See:
  • #dead
  • (as) dead as a dodo
  • (as) dead as a doornail
  • (as) dead as mutton
  • (as) good as dead
  • (as) silent as the dead
  • a dead cat bounce
  • a dead cat on the line
  • a dead cert
  • a dead clock is correct twice a day
  • a dead clock is right twice a day
  • a dead duck
  • a dead end
  • a dead giveaway
  • a dead letter
  • a dead loss
  • a dead ringer for somebody
  • a dead ringer for someone
  • a dead weight
  • a live dog is better than a dead lion
  • as dead as a doornail
  • at a dead end
  • bang dead to rights
  • be (as) dead as a doornail
  • be (dead) set on (something)
  • be a dead cert
  • be a dead loss
  • be a dead ringer for
  • be as dead as a dodo
  • be as good as dead
  • be better off dead
  • be brain dead
  • be dead and buried
  • be dead from the neck up
  • be dead from the waist down
  • be dead in the water
  • be dead meat
  • be dead on (one's) feet
  • be dead on the vine
  • be dead set against (someone or something)
  • be dead set against something
  • be dead set on (something)
  • be dead set on something
  • be dead to the world
  • be flogging a dead horse
  • be half-dead
  • be the dead spit of (someone)
  • beat a dead horse
  • better dead than red
  • brain dead
  • brain-dead
  • bring (someone or something) to a dead end
  • bring to a dead end
  • catch (one) dead to rights
  • caught dead, wouldn't be
  • come back from the dead
  • come to a dead end
  • cut (one) dead
  • cut dead
  • cut somebody dead
  • cut someone dead
  • cut the deadwood out
  • dead
  • dead ahead
  • dead air
  • dead and buried
  • dead and buried/gone
  • dead and gone
  • dead as a dodo
  • dead as a doornail
  • dead as a/the dodo
  • dead as mutton
  • dead asleep
  • dead beat
  • dead broke
  • dead cat bounce
  • dead cat on the line
  • dead center
  • dead certain
  • dead cinch
  • dead drunk
  • dead duck
  • dead duck, a
  • dead easy
  • dead end
  • dead from the neck up
  • dead giveaway
  • dead heat
  • dead heat, in a
  • dead horse
  • dead horse, to beat/flog a
  • dead in (someone's or something's) tracks
  • dead in one's tracks
  • dead in or an animal's tracks
  • dead in the water
  • dead issue
  • dead last
  • dead letter
  • dead loss
  • dead man
  • dead man walking
  • Dead Man's Hand
  • dead marine
  • dead meat
  • Dead men tell no tales
  • dead men's shoes
  • dead 'n' buried
  • dead name
  • dead naming
  • dead of
  • dead of night
  • dead of night/winter, the
  • dead of winter
  • dead on
  • dead on (one's) feet
  • dead on arrival
  • dead on feet
  • dead on one's feet
  • dead on target
  • dead on your feet
  • dead one
  • dead president
  • dead ringer
  • dead ringer for (someone)
  • dead ringer for someone
  • dead serious
  • dead set against
  • dead set against (someone or something)
  • dead soldier
  • dead tired
  • dead to rights
  • dead to the world
  • dead weight
  • dead wood
  • dead wrong
  • deadbeat dad
  • dead-catty
  • deaded
  • dead-end kid
  • deadhead
  • deadneck
  • dead-stick landing
  • dead-tree edition
  • dead-tree format
  • dead-tree press
  • deadwood
  • don't speak ill of the dead
  • drop dead
  • Drop dead!
  • drop-dead
  • drop-dead date
  • drop-dead gorgeous
  • drop-dead list
  • faint dead away
  • flog a dead horse
  • from my cold, dead hands
  • from the dead
  • get the (dead) needle
  • give (someone or soething) up for dead
  • give up for dead
  • halt (someone or something) (dead) in its/(one's) tracks
  • have (one) dead to rights
  • have (one's) heart (dead) set against (something)
  • have dead to rights
  • have someone dead to rights
  • I'm dead
  • in a dead heat
  • in earnest
  • in the dead of night
  • in the dead of winter
  • it's ill waiting for dead men's shoes
  • kill (something) stone dead
  • kill something stone dead
  • king is dead, long live the king, the
  • knock (one) dead
  • knock dead
  • knock 'em dead
  • knock somebody dead
  • knock someone dead
  • leave for dead
  • Let the dead bury the dead
  • look like a (dead) ringer for (someone)
  • loud enough to wake the dead
  • make a dead set at
  • make a dead set at (someone or something)
  • make a dead set upon (someone or something)
  • mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes
  • more dead than alive
  • Never speak ill of the dead
  • on dead center
  • over my dead body
  • Over my dead body!
  • play dead
  • Queen Anne is dead
  • Queen Anne's dead
  • quick and the dead
  • quick and the dead, the
  • raise (someone or something) from the dead
  • raise from the dead
  • rise from the dead
  • roll over and play dead
  • silent as the dead
  • somebody wouldn't be seen/caught dead...
  • step into dead men's shoes
  • stone dead
  • stop (dead) in (one's) tracks
  • stop (someone or something) (dead) in its/(one's) tracks
  • stop (someone) dead
  • stop cold
  • stop dead
  • stop dead in tracks
  • stop one dead in tracks
  • stop someone in their tracks
  • stop something in its tracks
  • take (one) for dead
  • take for dead
  • taken for dead
  • the dead hand
  • the dead hand of (something)
  • the dead hand of something
  • the dead of night
  • the dead of winter
  • the king is dead, long live the king!
  • the quick and the dead
  • to wake the dead, loud enough
  • wait for dead men's shoes
  • wake the dead
  • wake the dead, to
  • would not be seen dead
  • wouldn't be caught dead (doing something)
  • wouldn't be caught dead at (something)
  • wouldn't be caught dead in (something)
  • wouldn't be caught dead with
  • wouldn't be seen dead
  • wouldn't be seen dead (doing something)
  • wouldn't be seen dead at (something)
  • wouldn't be seen dead in
  • wouldn't be seen dead in (something)
  • wouldn't be seen dead with
  • you shouldn't speak ill of the dead
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