Definition of be dead ass

dead ass    

adjective

• "serious"; "not lying".

  I'm dead ass.

  Person 1: I just crashed my car into a tree. Walked away without a scratch.
  
  Person 2: Are you serious?
  
  Person 1: Dead ass.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess.

  Last edited on Aug 14 2017. Submitted by Laura from Morocco on May 16 2004.

• very dead. Hyphenated. See "ass".

  That's some dead-ass roadkill.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a dead body, corpse.

  Last edited on Aug 10 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 10 2010.

adverb

• seriously; for real; straight up.

  Last edited on Jun 20 2020. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jun 20 2020.

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Other terms relating to 'a dead body, corpse':
roadkill	Definitions include: the corpse of an animal killed by a motor vehicle.
crispy critter	Definitions include: a burnt corpse.
floater	Definitions include: a piece of fecal matter that won't go down the toilet when it is flushed.
stiff	Definitions include: to not leave a gratuity.
Other terms relating to 'to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess':
straight	Definitions include: fine; okay.
sing	Definitions include: to tell the authorities details of a crime; "rat out".
true do	Definitions include: honestly.
rep	Definitions include: to "represent".
swear down	Definitions include: to promise that what one is saying is true.
be ugly	Definitions include: to act without worrying about decorum.
on baby	Definitions include: used when you need to get your point across.
real talk	Definitions include: honest talk.
for real though	Definitions include: "for real though", i.e. "seriously though".
be straight-up	Definitions include: to be truthful.
fess	Definitions include: to waste time in order to avoid confrontation or a potentially uncomfortable situation.
eye-opener	Definitions include: an event that makes one realize the truth about something.
be real	Definitions include: to act as oneself - to not put on a facade.
squawk	Definitions include: to inform about a crime.
keep it real	Definitions include: to stay true to one's self; to resist the temptation to be fake.
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Other terms relating to 'ass':
all over (one's) *ss	Definitions include: pestering a person.
all over (one's) *sses	Definitions include: pestering multiple people.
AP	Definitions include: short for ass-poopin'.
*ss	Definitions include: anything displeasing.
-*ss	Definitions include: used after an adjective to indicate extremes or excessiveness; "very", "really", "extremely".
*ss-backwards	Definitions include: in reverse or totally incorrect
*ss bag	Definitions include: a general insult.
*ss blast	Definitions include: instance of flatulence.
*ss breath	Definitions include: Extreme halitosis.
*ss cable	Definitions include: solid bodily waste discharged through the anus.
*ss-can	Definitions include: a despicable person.
*ss clown	Definitions include: one who appears foolish, like a clown.
*ss crack	Definitions include: the cleft between the buttocks.
*ss-crack of dawn	Definitions include: very early in the day.
*ss-dough	Definitions include: is where you get money for sittin' on your ass.
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Other terms relating to 'dead':
beat a dead horse	Definitions include: to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago.
be dead meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
brain-dead	Definitions include: unintelligent, unwise, inefficient, etc.
cut somebody dead	Definitions include: to deliberately ignore someone when you meet them.
DDG	Definitions include: acronym for "drop dead gorgeous".
dead	Definitions include: to consume or use up.
dead air	Definitions include: silence on the radio.
dead cracked	Definitions include: without money
dead drunk	Definitions include: extremely drunk - passed out or near to passing out.
deaded	Definitions include: extremely tired.
dead end	Definitions include: of an activity, an insurmountable obstacle.
dead log	Definitions include: a person who simply lays there during sex, without responding.
dead meat	Definitions include: dead people or persons.
dead nuts	Definitions include: accurate; "dead on".
dead presidents	Definitions include: money.
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