deadness

former deadness. A lack of elasticity. He complained that the deadness of the balls affected his game. A lack of sparkle in a fizzy drink. The deadness of...

dead

buried deadness deadnettle dead nuts dead-nuts dead of night dead of winter dead oil dead-on dead on dead on arrival dead on one's feet dead on the vine...

knock dead

knock dead (third-person singular simple present knocks dead, present participle knocking dead, simple past and past participle knocked dead) (informal...

not be caught dead

not be caught dead (idiomatic) To refuse completely to do something, generally out of scorn. I would not be caught dead in such a skimpy dress....

dead as a dodo

dead as a dodo (not comparable) (simile) Undoubtedly and unquestionably dead. (simile) Very much out of date. go the way of the dodo, go the way of the...

dead as a doornail

was as dead as a door-nail. unquestionably dead dead as a dodo dead as a doorknob dead as a herring dead as a kipper dead as a mackerel dead as ditch-water...

dead as a doorknob

of the expression dead as a doornail. See usage notes below. dead as a doorknob (simile) Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead. I tried the flashlight...

dead to rights

criminal slang, thence entered general use. dead (“completely, utterly”) + to rights (“properly”). dead to rights (not comparable) (US, idiomatic) With...

beat a dead horse

flog a dead horse beat a dead horse (third-person singular simple present beats a dead horse, present participle beating a dead horse, simple past beat...

dead-red

dead-red (plural dead-reds) (baseball) A four-seam fastball The pitch was a dead-red. dreaded, re-added, readded...

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