[ded-on, -awn] 
| exactly right, accurate, or pertinent: The film director has a dead-on feel for characterization. |
| dead-on (děd'ôn', -ŏn') adj. Informal Precisely accurate and to the point: "She avoids big scenes . . . preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue" (Peter S. Prescott). |