Browsing page 1 of words meaning to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess (20 words total)

verb - intransitive

• to act without worrying about decorum.

  When the food comes, just be ugly and don't worry about manners.

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  Last edited on Jan 21 2013. Submitted by Michael C. from Old Bridge Township, USA on Feb 02 1999.

adjective

• serious, not kidding.

  I'm cereal, dude.

  Dude, do you think she was cereal when she told me to call her?

  Cereal?

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  Last edited on Oct 07 2013. Submitted by justin s. from Yonkers, NY, USA on Feb 23 2002.

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.

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  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.

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  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.

noun

• an event that makes one realize the truth about something.

  That documentary was a real eye-opener.

  I visited a school in a low-income area. It was a real eye-opener.

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  Last edited on Oct 26 2017. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

• an alcoholic drink consumed in the morning.

  I need an eye-opener before I face the day.

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  Last edited on Oct 26 2017. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 26 2017.

verb

• to waste time in order to avoid confrontation or a potentially uncomfortable situation.

  Dude, don't fess. Just ask her out already!

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  Last edited on Dec 01 2002. Submitted by Jon Wiley from Sammamish, WA, USA on Dec 01 2002.

• to confess. See also fess up.
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  Last edited on May 07 2007. Submitted by Charisse E. from Martinsville, VA, USA on May 07 2007.

verb

• to confess.

  You better fess up that it was you who stole her car.

  Would you fess up?

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  Last edited on Apr 23 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 09 2003.

verb

• to stay true to one's self; to resist the temptation to be fake.

  I'm not acting like someone else, I'm trying to keep it real.

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  Last edited on Dec 10 1997. Submitted by Anonymous from Blair High Rd, Omaha, NE, USA on Dec 10 1997.

• to be true to "the game," whatever the game happens to be.

  My homie Dana be keepin' it real.

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  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Chris A. from Boston, MA, USA on Jun 23 1998.

• to stay cool.

  I'll see ya later dawg. Keep it real.

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  Last edited on Jun 18 1999. Submitted by christine from Florida, Free State, South Africa on Jun 18 1999.