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Adjective
dead-nuts (not comparable)
- (informal) Precise, exact, completely accurate.
2005, Michael Dregni, editor, Harley-Davidson: The Good, the Bad, and the Legendary, →ISBN, page 121:Bator, after hundreds of hours spent studying publicity stills, re-running tapes of the movie, and talking to cast and crew members, came up with a deadnuts duplication. Late last year, an exact replica of the Hopper chopper was completed, too.
2011, Peter Pavia, chapter 13, in Dutch Uncle, →ISBN:“Told you that bitch was trouble. You gotta listen to old Mike.”
“Okay, you were dead-nuts on that one.”
Adverb
dead-nuts (not comparable)
- (informal) Precisely, exactly, completely.
1890 June 7, “Doubtful”, in Punch, or the London Charivari, volume 98, page 270:Jockey: My opinion's of little account,
But I don't mind admitting, yer honour,
I am not dead nuts on my mount.
2000 June 11, Herb McCormick, “The Boating Report: Amid Big Names, an Underrated Sailor Wins Off Newport”, in New York Times, retrieved 5 January 2016:And all the boats are dead-nuts even.
2012, David Freed, chapter 13, in Flat Spin, →ISBN:I nailed the localizer dead-nuts center, squared the glideslope indicator, slowed my airspeed and rode the needles all the way down at a steady ninety knots.
2015, Alan Spector, chapter 27, in Body Not Recovered, →ISBN:“But I'm not having this conversation unless I'm dead-nuts sure that each of you would be willing to listen.”
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