Definition of hitting the deck

hit the deck

verb

• to drop quickly to the ground.

                                          
  
  Citation from "Son of Stan", American Dad (TV), Season 6 Episode 2 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Oct 14 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 14 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'deck':
deck	Definitions include: to hit.
decked out	Definitions include: dressed up.
deck out	Definitions include: dress. Usually used in the past or present perfect tenses.
not playing with a full deck	Definitions include: insane, clueless, lacking in mental ability.
on deck	Definitions include: waiting.
play with a full deck	Definitions include: to be sane/not unintelligent.
play with a full deck of cards	Definitions include: to be at least mentally average.
pockets on deck	Definitions include: pocket full of things useful
rearrange deck chairs	Definitions include: to engage in a pointless activity, like rearranging deck chairs as the Titanic sank.
stack the deck	Definitions include: to arrange things in one's favor.
Other terms relating to 'hit':
feel-good hit of the summer	Definitions include: something popular but lacking in substance.
get hit with the wrong end of the ugly stick	Definitions include: extremely ugly
hit	Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated.
hit a home run	Definitions include: see home run.
hit a lick	Definitions include: to rob somebody or win a large amount of money gambling.
hit a touchdown	Definitions include: see touchdown.
hit back	Definitions include: to respond to an insult or criticism with the same.
hit back at	Definitions include: See hit back.
hit bottom	Definitions include: to be at one's lowest point in life.
hit dat slab	Definitions include: to travel on the highway or interstate.
hit it	Definitions include: to have sex.
hit it and quit it	Definitions include: to have sex with a person and then stop seeing that person.
hit it off	Definitions include: to get along well.
hit it raw	Definitions include: to have unprotected sex.
hit it up	Definitions include: it refers to a music, drinking, smoking or anything you can do.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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