dead as a doornail
Unquestionably dead. Used for both inanimate objects and once living beings.
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dead as a herring
Utterly dead.
dead as a kipper
Utterly dead.
dead as a mackerel
Utterly dead.
dead as ditch-water
Unquestionably dead.
dead as Hector
Unquestionably dead.
dead bird
A ball which falls over the infielders’ heads for a hit, as if it were a bird shot by a hunter.
dead dove
A disclaimer or tag for fan fiction, particularly on Archive of Our Own, signifying that the work contains the content that is described, and as such, readers should not complain or be surprised about finding that content.
dead horse
Tomato sauce.
dead man
A bottle of alcoholic drink that has been consumed.
dead man walking
A multivortex tornado typically appearing in the form of a human figure walking.
dead meat
In serious trouble.
dead money
Chips that a player who has since folded has put into the pot.
dead on arrival
Of a new item: received broken.
dead president
A piece of US paper currency.
dead white European male
Any of various white male historical figures in art and culture seen to represent racism, sexism, etc. ingrained into Western education, in particular its canon.
dead wife montage
A montage that shows a male protagonist's female partner, in a lost idealized, intimate state, sometimes in an idyllic setting.
deadass
A lazy or unenergetic person.
deadbeat
A customer who pays their credit card or loan balance in full and on time each month, thereby incurring no interest charges. (Compare revolver, who carries a balance and pays interest.)
deader than disco
Unquestionably dead.
deadfall
A cheap, rough bar or saloon.
deadhead
A fan of the rock band Grateful Dead.
deadstock
To store in appropriate packaging for later.
deadtime
The serving of a prison sentence.
deady
(A nickname for) gin, or a particular kind of gin.
deaf aid
A presenter's earpiece through which they receive instructions from the studio.
deaf as a doorknob
Stone deaf (unable to hear at all).
deaf as a doornail
Completely deaf.
deaf as a doorpost
Stone deaf (unable to hear at all).
deaf as a post
Stone deaf (unable to hear at all).
deafaz
A harsh slap to the ear which causes the target's eardrums to ring.
deafie
A deaf person.
deafo
A deaf person.
deagle
Desert Eagle (a type of pistol)
deal in
To deal cards to someone entering a game; to enter someone into a game by dealing cards to that person.
deal it out
To attack (someone); to have it out.
deal out
not to deal cards to someone who is leaving a game.
deal to
To beat up (someone); to destroy, attack or defeat (someone).
deal with
To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.
dealer's den
A designated room or area at a furry convention where attendees can purchase merchandise related to the furry fandom.
dealy
An object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot recall.
deano
An archetypal young lower middle class British man living in a newbuild housing estate, stereotyped as culturally unsophisticated, lavish with money, heavily indebted and conservative-leaning.
deass
To exit or depart from (an area) rapidly.
death cap
A potentially dangerous capacitor on the primary side of the power transformer in a guitar amp.
death flag
A trope suggesting to the viewer that a character will die.
death futures
Trading life assurance policies of terminally ill people, bought by a third party as an investment.
death grip
An extremely tight grip. — A tight grip on the penis during masturbation.
death is the great leveller
Death balances all.
death kit
A collection of tools or weapons used in the preparation of a homicide.
death star
a direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would have in decimating the cable industry, prior to the introduction of digital satellite television and the three-foot dish revolution)
death stick
A cigarette.
death-hunter
A peddler who sold lurid accounts of murderers' dying speeches and confessions.
deathfat
Morbidly obese.
deathfic
A work of fan fiction centered around the death of a character.
deb
A female member of a gang.
debag
To pull down the trousers of a person quickly by surprise, as a prank.
debagging
An act of pulling down the trousers of a person quickly and without consent.
debutard
A young, wealthy person (especially a girl or woman) lacking in intelligence or common sense.
deca
The anabolic steroid nandrolone decanoate.
deca dick
Erectile dysfunction caused by the anabolic steroid nandrolone (deca).
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