drop dead

Questions about drop dead

What does drop dead mean?

drop dead means "pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life".

What is another word for drop dead?

Close synonyms include die, decease, perish, go, exit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drop dead a common word?

drop dead is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.