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drop-dead

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff itadverb

    pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

    "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

  2. drop-deadadverb

    extremely

    "she was drop-dead gorgeous"

Wiktionary

  1. drop-deadadjective

    very; impressive or spectacular

    My date was drop-dead gorgeous!

Wikipedia

  1. Drop-dead

    Drop-dead is the ninth full-length studio album of the band The Violet Burning. It was released February 14, 2006 on Northern Records.

ChatGPT

  1. drop-dead

    1) Adjective: Extremely impressive or attractive. "She looked drop-dead gorgeous in that dress." 2) Verb: To fall down and die suddenly. "He was so overworked, his coworkers worried he might just drop-dead one day." 3) Noun: A specific deadline or timeline by which something must be completed. "The drop-dead date for the project is next Monday."

Wikidata

  1. Drop-Dead

    Drop-dead is the ninth full-length studio album of the band The Violet Burning. It was released February 14, 2006 on Northern Records.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of drop-dead in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of drop-dead in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of drop-dead in a Sentence

  1. Eliza Hutton:

    He was genuine, charming, highly intelligent, insightful, moral, fearless, romantic, and hilarious—all wrapped up in drop-dead gorgeousness.

  2. Tony Oppedisano:

    Frank told me that was a very intense relationship, a very tempestuous one, she was absolutely drop-dead beautiful. He said, ‘She could drink me under the table. As far as language, stuff came out of her mouth that could grow hair on the wall.’ He also said, ‘I should have known upfront that anything that burned that hot was bound to burn out. But while it was going on, I was having a ball.'.

  3. Ed Haislmaier:

    State regulators have gone through a process, to review and shut down co-op programs that were too weak to continue for another year, … It explains why you saw a big bunch of them announce they were closing in October – because it was the drop dead [date]. If you’re going to pull the plug, October was the time to do it.

  4. Samuel Goldwyn:

    If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.

  5. Viktoriya Nasyrova:

    Were all going to drop dead here.

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