dust
[ duhst ]
/ dʌst /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Idioms for dust
Origin of dust
before 900; Middle English; Old English
dūst; cognate with German
Dunst vapor
OTHER WORDS FROM dust
dust·less, adjective re·dust, verb (used with object) un·dust·ed, adjective well-dust·ed, adjectiveWords nearby dust
British Dictionary definitions for bite the dust
dust
/ (dʌst) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of dust
dustless, adjectiveWord Origin for dust
Old English
dūst; related to Danish
dyst flour dust, Middle Dutch
dūst dust, meal dust, Old High German
tunst storm
Cultural definitions for bite the dust
bite the dust
Literally, to fall face down in the dirt; to suffer a defeat: “Once again, the champion wins, and another contender bites the dust.”
Idioms and Phrases with bite the dust (1 of 2)
bite the dust
Suffer defeat or death, as in The 1990 election saw both of our senators bite the dust. Although this expression was popularized by American Western films of the 1930s, in which either cowboys or Indians were thrown from their horses to the dusty ground, it originated much earlier. Tobias Smollett had it in Gil Blas (1750): “We made two of them bite the dust.”
Idioms and Phrases with bite the dust (2 of 2)
dust