Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
accurate and to the point;
- Example: "a dead-on feel for characterization"- Example: "She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dead-on \dead-on\ adj.
precisely accurate and to the point; as, a dead-on feel for
characterization. [prenominal and informal]
Syn: precise.
[WordNet 1.5]
She avoids big scenes . . . preferring to rely on
small gestures and dead-on dialogue. --Peter S.
Prescott
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dead-on
adj 1: accurate and to the point; "a dead-on feel for
characterization"; "She avoids big scenes...preferring to
rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter
S.Prescott