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drop dead en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Compare Dutch doodvallen and the expletive "val dood!".

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of drop-dead.
   alt of drop-dead
   • Let's suppose your personality was only a manifestation of the id and you saw a drop dead gorgeous man that really tripped your trigger. Spurred on by your id, you would run up to him and immediately engage him in a sexual encounter. 1992, Gigi Moers, How and Why Lovers Cheat: And What You Can Do about It, page 96:

drop dead en · INTJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Compare Dutch doodvallen and the expletive "val dood!".

Meanings

1. (derogatory, offensive, slang) Used angrily to express disgust, contempt, derision, etc., toward another person.
   • [to Kramer] Are you dense? I said I wanted you to drop dead. Now... drop dead! [slams the door in Kramer's face] 1997, Peter Mehlman, David Mandel, “The Betrayal”, in Seinfeld, season 9, episode 8, spoken by Franklin Delano Romanowski (Michael McShane):
   • “Whatta ya say, goils? I'll take the botha ya, only later, like, well, you know, like later onea ya can split and go home.”[…]“Drop dead,” Rachel said with a smile. 1967, Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones, Donald Bain (uncredited), Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses, New York: Bantam Books, pages 7–8:

Translations (17)

sv gå och dö (an angry expletive) · nl val dood (an angry expletive) · ja くたばれ (an angry expletive) · ro să te lovească moartea (an angry expletive) · ro lovi-te-ar moartea (an angry expletive) · fr va crever (an angry expletive) · it crepa (an angry expletive) · fi haista paska (an angry expletive) · pt vai morrer longe! (an angry expletive) · ru чтоб ты сдох (an angry expletive) · pl spadaj (an angry expletive) · es imperative caer(se) muerto (an angry expletive) · ro lua-te-ar moartea (an angry expletive) · ro să te ia moartea (an angry expletive) · es imperative morir (an angry expletive) · fr va mourir (an angry expletive) · it al diavolo (an angry expletive)

drop dead en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Compare Dutch doodvallen and the expletive "val dood!".

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To die suddenly.
   • Boy, I'm in a bad mood today! Everyone had better steer clear of me! I hate everybody! As far as I'm concerned, everyone on the planet can just drop dead. People are scum. 1988 November 23, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes:
   • Stuff your eyes with wonder […]live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. 1953, Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451:
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To be appalled or mortified.
   • `My parents would drop dead if they knew,' she said. 1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 90:

Forms

Translations (16)

hu holtan esik össze (to die suddenly) · es caer(se) muerto (to die suddenly) · cmn 猝死 (to die suddenly) · hu szörnyethal (to die suddenly) · pl paść trupem (to die suddenly) · fi kuolla äkillisesti (to die suddenly) · fi kaatua kuolleena maahan (to die suddenly) · it morire improvvisamente (to die suddenly) · fr tomber raide mort (to die suddenly) · sv dö knall och fall (to die suddenly) · pl padać trupem (to die suddenly) · de tot umfallen (to die suddenly) · pt cair morto (to die suddenly) · sv falla död ner (to die suddenly) · nl doodvallen (to die suddenly) · it crepare (to die suddenly)