the dickens out of
the dickens out of adverb: used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
Adverb
the dickens out of (not comparable)
- Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
- There is claim-jumping galore, murder, robbery, train ride shenanigans, sheriffs, bare fist fights and all the go-withs. Hero John Wayne knocks the dickens out of Randy Scott and finally wins Marlene [Dietrich].1942 May, “Movie Reviews: The Spoilers”, in Modern Screen, volume 24, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., page 102
- Synonyms:
- seven bells out of, seven hells out of, the bejeebers out of, the bejesus out of, the crap out of, the daylight out of, the daylights out of, the devil out of, the flying fuck out of, the fuck out of
Synonyms of the dickens out of
- seven bells out of
- seven hells out of
- the bejeebers out of
- the bejesus out of
- the crap out of
- the daylight out of
- the daylights out of
- the devil out of
- the flying fuck out of
- the fuck out of
18 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- the fuckola out of
- the heck out of
- the hell out of
- the life out of
- the living crap out of
- the living daylights out of
- the living shit out of
- the pantaloons off
- the pants off
- the pants off of
- the piss out of
- the poop out of
- the shit out of
- the snot out of
- the socks off
- the stuffing out of
- the stuffings out of
- the tar out of
Questions about the dickens out of
- What does the dickens out of mean?
- The dickens out of means used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
- What part of speech is the dickens out of?
- The dickens out of is an adverb.
Words near the dickens out of in the dictionary
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