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UK
/dˈɛdhɛd/
]
[ US /ˈdɛdˌhɛd/ ]
[ US /ˈdɛdˌhɛd/ ]
NOUN
-
a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible - a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
How To Use deadhead In A Sentence
- Similarly, third-party carriers are in a better position to reduce "deadhead" travel, which is any travel by trucks when they are empty. Crude Calculations
- It isn't absolutely necessary to deadhead bletilla. Amid the heat wave, gardeners still have questions
- Tidy up winter containers by deadheading violas and cyclamen and removing dead leaves from ivy and other greenery.
- When I was in high school, the students fell into many different groups: preps, jocks, cheerleaders, punks, deadheads, druggies, geeks, and all the rest.
- We are left to speculate the girl is just a deadhead, and in her indecision, powers on, deciding to live in the future, never looking back.
- The weekend was a fine one for the spare board, with engines and trains deadheading back and forth making it even better.
- I also like to remove deadheads or seed-heads that weigh down the plant's foliage.
- We deadheaded up nine miles or so of gear and ran for the next set, far away. Dropping The Hammer (Again)
- This was our SUNSET LIMITED, deadheading from Sanford and headed somewhere south of Orlando to be wyed.
- There are J. Garcia carpets that my mother would be happy to have in her house, and she's not a Deadhead.
