DEAD-ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dead-on mean? 

• DEAD-ON (adjective)
  The adjective DEAD-ON has 1 sense:

1. accurate and to the point

  Familiarity information: DEAD-ON used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEAD-ON (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Accurate and to the point

Context example:

She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue

Similar:

accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)