deadhead
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noun
1.
a person who attends a performance, sports event, etc., or travels on a train, airplane, etc., without having paid for a ticket, especially a person using a complimentary ticket or free pass.
2.
a train, railroad car, airplane, truck, or other commercial vehicle while operating empty, as when returning to a terminal.
3.
a stupid or boring person; dullard.
4.
Metallurgy. excess metal in the riser of a mold.
5.
a sunken or partially sunken log.
verb (used with object)
6.
to transport (someone) as a deadhead.
7.
to move (an empty commercial vehicle) along a route.
8.
Horticulture. to remove faded blooms from (ornamental plants), especially in flower gardens, often to help continued blooming.
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verb (used without object)
9.
to act or serve as a deadhead.
10.
(of a commercial vehicle) to travel without cargo or paying passengers: The train carried coal to Pittsburgh and then deadheaded back to Virginia to pick up another load.
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deadhead (ˈdɛdˌhɛd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a dull unenterprising person |
| 2. | a person who uses a free ticket, as for a train, the theatre, etc |
| 3. | (US), (Canadian) a train, etc, travelling empty |
| 4. | (US), (Canadian) a totally or partially submerged log floating in a lake, etc |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (tr) to cut off withered flowers from (a plant) |
| 6. | (US), (Canadian) (intr) to drive an empty bus, train, etc |
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Word Origin & History
Deadhead
1970s in sense of "devotee of the band the Grateful Dead;" earlier "train or truck carrying no passengers or freight" (1911) and "non-paying spectator" (1841).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
deadhead definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
The route is the path the bus travels from the school to either pick up or drop off student, not to include deadhead mileage.
With repeat-flowering kinds, deadhead spent blooms regularly, cutting back several inches to a five-leaflet leaf.
Some of the lakes were the repositories for slab wood, sawdust, and deadhead logs left after early logging.
Fertilize, water, and deadhead occasionally for a riot of bloom and texture all summer long.
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