Phrase guide
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adv
Alternative form of drop-dead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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intj
Used angrily to express disgust, contempt, derision, etc., toward another person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, offensive, slang
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verb
To die suddenly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To be appalled or mortified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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verb
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: 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, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
Narrower terms: abort, suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, starve, famish, fall, succumb, yield
History
Compare Dutch doodvallen and the expletive "val dood!".
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
