dead-nuts meaning (informal): definition, quotations

dead-nuts

adj

Informal Precise, exact, completely accurate.

Bator, after hundreds of hours spent studying publicity stills, re-running tapes of the movie, and talking to cast and crew members, came up with a deadnuts duplication. Late last year, an exact replica of the Hopper chopper was completed, too.2005, Michael Dregni, editor, Harley-Davidson: The Good, the Bad, and the Legendary, →ISBN, page 121:
“Told you that bitch was trouble. You gotta listen to old Mike.” “Okay, you were dead-nuts on that one.”2011, Peter Pavia, chapter 13, in Dutch Uncle, →ISBN:

adv

Informal Precisely, exactly, completely.

Jockey: My opinion's of little account, But I don't mind admitting, yer honour, I am not dead nuts on my mount.1890 June 7, “Doubtful”, in Punch, or the London Charivari^([ftp://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/gutenberg.org/3/3/2/9/33292/33292-h/33292-h.htm]), volume 98, page 270:
And all the boats are dead-nuts even.2000 June 11, Herb McCormick, “The Boating Report: Amid Big Names, an Underrated Sailor Wins Off Newport”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Jan 2016:

2 more examples

I nailed the localizer dead-nuts center, squared the glideslope indicator, slowed my airspeed and rode the needles all the way down at a steady ninety knots.2012, David Freed, chapter 13, in Flat Spin, →ISBN:
“But I'm not having this conversation unless I'm dead-nuts sure that each of you would be willing to listen.”2015, Alan Spector, chapter 27, in Body Not Recovered, →ISBN: