English Explanatory Dictionary

dirt nap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A state of permanent rest; the state of death.

Pronunciation

En-au-dirt nap.ogg

Word forms

dirt nap dirt naps

Etymology

First attested in 1981; dirt (alluding to a dead person’s burial in the earth) + nap (euphemistic in a manner somewhat like with put to sleep but jocular via dark humor).

Synonyms

quietus the big sleep death tomb celestial transfer decease decomposition defunction dematerialization demise dirt nap doom exit expiration fatality liquidation mortality passing repose sleep of the just sunset crash downfall fall (the) bane (the) end

Derived words

take a dirt nap
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