kiss of death
A kiss on the cheek that signifies the death of the receiver, as delivered by a mob boss or one with such influence.
death
UK /dɛθ/ US /dɛθ/
noun 5name 2
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noun
1
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
My grandfather died a violent death, which saddened the whole family.
But foraſmuch as this [the faintneſs of the Heart] is a very bad and heavy diſtemper, and a fore-runner of death, therefore 'tis called a timely death.
2
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
The serial killer was sentenced to death.
Thirty years after Gao Chengyong embarked on a succession of 11 rape-murders of women in northwest China, a court sentenced him to death on Friday, following an investigation that involved sifting through 230,000 fingerprints.
3
The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
When death walked in, a chill spread through the room.
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, & his name that sat on him was Death"
4
The collapse or end of something.
England scored a goal at the death to even the score at one all.
Buyer (negotiating): You were at two-fifty on that one. Go on, then, what's the death on that? Seller: Two hundred pounds is the absolute death. Buyer: Sold. Thank you.
5
The collapse or end of something.
This bake sale is going to be the death of me!
name
1
The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
Death can be seen on a tarot card.
7 And when hee had opened the fourth seale, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, & his name that sate on him was Death, and hell followed with him: and power was giuen vnto them, ouer the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, & with hunger, and with death, and with the beastes of the earth.
2
A surname.
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