dead-nuts

alternative deadnuts · alternative dead nuts

1. informalnot comparablePrecise, exact, completely accurate.

   “Told you that bitch was trouble. You gotta listen to old Mike.” “Okay, you were dead-nuts on that one.”

   2011, Peter Pavia, chapter 13, in Dutch Uncle, →ISBN

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   Bator, after hundreds of hours spent studying publicity stills, re-running tapes of the movie, and talking to cast and crew members, came up with a deadnuts duplication. Late last year, an exact replica of the Hopper chopper was completed, too.

   2005, Michael Dregni, editor, Harley-Davidson: The Good, the Bad, and the Legendary, →ISBN, page 121

alternative deadnuts · alternative dead nuts

1. informalnot comparablePrecisely, exactly, completely.

   And all the boats are dead-nuts even.

   2000 June 11, Herb McCormick, “The Boating Report: Amid Big Names, an Underrated Sailor Wins Off Newport”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Jan 2016

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   Jockey: My opinion's of little account, But I don't mind admitting, yer honour, I am not dead nuts on my mount.

   1890 June 7, “Doubtful”, in Punch, or the London Charivari^([ftp://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/gutenberg.org/3/3/2/9/33292/33292-h/33292-h.htm]), volume 98, page 270

   I nailed the localizer dead-nuts center, squared the glideslope indicator, slowed my airspeed and rode the needles all the way down at a steady ninety knots.

   2012, David Freed, chapter 13, in Flat Spin, →ISBN

   “But I'm not having this conversation unless I'm dead-nuts sure that each of you would be willing to listen.”

   2015, Alan Spector, chapter 27, in Body Not Recovered, →ISBN

   Synonyms: accurately, perfectly, slap bang