drop-dead

adverb

Very impressively or spectacularly.

“drop-dead date”

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Meanings

adverbdrop-dead (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparableVery impressively or spectacularly.

    My date was drop-dead gorgeous!

    1 more example

    Carmiesha "Lil' Muddah" Vernoy had been with me since back in the day. She was more than a dime piece. She was drop-dead gorgeous and had the best pussy in the world.

    2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 21
  2. informalnot comparablebusinessAbsolutely final; being the deadline, especially in relation to a date set out in a contract upon which adverse consequences will flow if the contract has not been fulfilled.

    drop-dead date

    3 more examples

    The intruding investor (VC #2) makes an offer at a pre-money valuation of $15 million, subject to due diligence, and the expiration of the "drop dead" date, meaning the date in the initial investor's term sheet when exclusivity expires.

    2003, Joseph W. Bartlett, Ross Barrett, Michael Butler, Advanced Private Equity Term Sheets and Series A Documents

    As the drop-dead date approaches, my mind becomes more focused.

    2010, Richard L. Daft, The Executive and the Elephant, page 96

    If the assets [of a steel mill] were not sold by a fixed date, […]the “drop-dead” provision of the settlement agreement would take effect. Under that provision, the mills would be closed, the stay would be lifted, and the secured creditors would take possession. Probably neither the debtor nor the secured creditors believed that a sale could be completed before the drop-dead date.

    2019, Lynn M. LoPucki, Elizabeth Warren, Robert M. Lawless, Secured Transactions: A Systems Approach, page 107
adjectivedrop-dead (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparableSpectacularly physically attractive.

    a drop-dead blonde

  2. informalnot comparableConveying furious loathing.

    She shot me a drop-dead glare as I eased into the last parking space.

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APA

drop-dead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drop-dead

MLA

“drop-dead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drop-dead. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drop-dead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drop-dead.

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