/ def; NAmE / adjective
( slang ) excellent :
a def band
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WORD ORIGIN
1980s: probably an alteration of death (used in Jamaican English as an intensifier), or shortened from definitive or definite .
/ def; NAmE / adjective
( slang ) excellent :
a def band
••
WORD ORIGIN
1980s: probably an alteration of death (used in Jamaican English as an intensifier), or shortened from definitive or definite .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005