Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. Slang To toss overboard.
- v. Slang To toss out; get rid of: deep-sixed the incriminating papers.
Wiktionary
- v. US (idiomatic) to throw something overboard from a ship
- v. US (idiomatic) to get rid of something unwanted
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. to discard in a deep body of water; -- also used figuratively, to discard contemptuously.
- v. to throw from a boat into the water.
WordNet 3.0
- v. toss out; get rid of
- v. throw from a boat
Etymologies
- From deep + six. Maybe: depth of a grave (six feet). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling”
“It was no better on my mother's side, where her Uncle Aloysius turned out to be the editor who told James Joyce to deep-six the title "The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and rename it "The Lads From the Liffey Were Feeling Quite Squiffy," because, as he put it, "C'mon, Jimbo: 'Portrait of the Artist' sounds like you're a Limey.”
The Wall Street Journal: Tracing My Roots and Coming Up With Dirt
“When motivation flags, bailing out doesn't just deep-six the goal, it deprives you of what you really need, the gratification of having moved forward.”
The Huffington Post: Joe Robinson: Don't Give Up: Why Effort Is The Key To Satisfaction
“The Beltway RNC crowd, including those who pushed the McCain-Palin candidacy in 2008, are now going to jump onto the Rick Perry bandwagon and deep-six the first of the true business candidates—Mitt Romney.”
“In stump speeches and interviews, Ms. Bachmann said her tax work helped lead her to the conclusion that the U.S. should "deep-six" the tax code and scrap taxes on inheritance and capital gains, stances that have made her a tea-party favorite.”
The Wall Street Journal: Bachmann's Tax Attorney Job Was Collector for the IRS
“Take a deep breath...and burn it in the fireplace, recycle it with this week's trash, or deep-six it in the back of a storage closet.”
The Huffington Post: Frank Farwell: Should You Burn Your Business Plan?
“OUR VIEW: Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling”
“And so, in a way, she's asking a jury to assume the mantle of Annie Wilkes, the mad fan in Stephen King's "Misery" who punished an author who dared to deep-six her favorite character.”
The Wall Street Journal: Contract Killings on the Sets of Soaps and Sitcoms
“Our view on energy: Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling - USATODAY. com”
Our view on energy: Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling
“Our view on energy: Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling”
Our view on energy: Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘deep-six’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Hyphen-hyphen
A list of interesting words incorporating a hyphen
cat's-paw, sea-mew, kiss-me-quick, kiss-ass, yellow-bellied, lily-livered, hush-hush, hugger-mugger, fox-trot, super-duper, fuddy-duddy, boogie-woogie and 33 more...
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Idioms, euphemisms, etc.
deep-six, cut to the chase, to feel one's oats, raison d'être, shag, total snooze, to lash out, corner stone, to put out, butt out, brownnoser, cliffhanger and 2 more...
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kat's words
ecumenical, cacophony, clatter, marimba, bamboo, saffron, slice, mercurial, pomegranate, cranky, slipshod, scritch and 511 more...
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Extinguishish
A list of managed departures.
jettison, demolition, clearance, chucking, disposal, defenestration, remove, exile, excommunicate, eradicate, banish, deport and 114 more...
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Fun phrases & Idioms2
deep-six, jump the gun, play hardball, race against time, slam dunk, blind-sided, rock the boat, cold hard cash, gravy train, monkey business, smell a rat, bang for the buck and 87 more...
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Words I Learned After Reading The Mom...
indigent, kudzu, ingrate, pernicious, fungible, panopticon, Medea, bereft, bilge, upbraid, dicker, procreatrix and 31 more...
Tweets
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dailyword Mcgee was working on a novel named this. Sep 2, 2012
johnmperry to bury (six feet under) << to kill Jun 18, 2008