Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

dead-on

Did you mean: dead-on, dead, the dead, death (in medicine, law), Lil' ½ Dead, The Dead (short story), Dead (musician), Diethyl azodicarboxylate, Dead (1998 Album by Obituary) More...

 
Dictionary: dead-on   (dĕd'ôn', -ŏn')
Home > Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary
adj. Informal
Precisely accurate and to the point: "She avoids big scenes . . . preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue" (Peter S. Prescott).


Search unanswered questions...

Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

WordNet: dead-on
Top
Home > Library > Literature & Language > WordNet
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (informal) accurate and to the point

 
 

Did you mean: dead-on, dead, the dead, death (in medicine, law), Lil' ½ Dead, The Dead (short story), Dead (musician), Diethyl azodicarboxylate, Dead (1998 Album by Obituary) More...


 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more