an overtime period in which a tied contest is won and play is stopped immediately after one of the contestants scores, as in football, or goes ahead, as in golf.
mod. having to do with something short, quick, and decisive. : The game ended in a sudden death playoff.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Main Entry: sudden death Function: noun : unexpected death that is instantaneous or occurs within minutes or hours from any cause other than violence <suddendeath following coronary occlusion>; especially:SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
