Deadhead

Word DEADHEAD
Character 8
Hyphenation dead head
Pronunciations /ˈdɛdhɛd/

Definitions and meanings of "Deadhead"

What do we mean by deadhead?

A person who uses a free ticket for admittance, accommodation, or entertainment. noun

A vehicle, such as an aircraft, that transports no passengers or freight during a trip. noun

A person regarded as dull-witted or sluggish. noun

A log or trunk that is partially submerged or lying just beneath the surface. noun

To pilot or drive (a vehicle) carrying no passengers or freight. intransitive verb

To remove dead or withered flowers from (a plant), especially to promote new blooms or prevent the setting of seeds. intransitive verb

To make a trip without passengers or freight. intransitive verb

To pilot or drive a vehicle on such a trip. intransitive verb

To bypass a senior employee in order to promote a more junior employee. intransitive verb

Without passengers or freight; empty. adverb

One who is allowed to ride in a public conveyance, to attend a theater or other place of entertainment, or to obtain any privilege having its public price, without payment. noun

In founding: The extra length of metal given to a cast gun. noun

The tailstock of a lathe. It contains the dead-spindle and back-center, while the live-head or headstock contains the live-spindle. noun

Nautical, a rough block of wood used as an anchor-buoy. noun

To provide free passage, admission, etc., for; pass or admit without payment, as on a railroad or into a theater: as, to deadhead a passenger, or a guest at a hotel.

To travel on a train, steamboat, etc., or gain admission to a theater or similar place, without payment.

In lumbering, a sunken or partly sunken log. noun

One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc. noun

A buoy. See under Dead, a. noun

A fan of the rock band The Grateful Dead.

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The word "deadhead" in example sentences

Though I'm not really what you'd call a deadhead, at the end of the week in which it becomes apparent that our prime minister has declared war on culture — literally — the first thing I want to do is throw up some Grateful Dead. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One of the fun bits of being a deadhead is the links it brings.deadsongs. vue.21 ❋ Robert Hunter (2004)

While the plant company behind Knock-Out roses claims you don't need to "deadhead," or remove their spent blooms, I find the plants look at lot neater, and seem to create fresh buds quicker, if you perform that chore. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Similarly, third-party carriers are in a better position to reduce "deadhead" travel, which is any travel by trucks when they are empty. ❋ David Simchi-Levi (2008)

I also told him that I had promised to "deadhead" ex-Governor Harney and family (consisting at that time of wife and one child, a daughter fifteen years old) to the states and when they arrived in Kansas City, Missouri, he was to see that they got a pass over the road to New York City. ❋ William H. Ryus (N/A)

Haviland had a sense of humor; it would make a story too good to keep -- the new oil operator, the magnificent and mysterious New York financier, a "deadhead" at the Ajax. ❋ Rex Ellingwood Beach (1913)

In efforts, certainly justifiable, to discover the reason for the failure of the theatrical season, some people have made quite a ferocious attack upon the "deadhead," who really has nothing to do with the case. ❋ Edward Fordham Spence (1896)

The next kind of deadhead is the unprofessional first-night deadhead, a mixture of personal friends of the manager, the author, the principal players and of "the backers," if any. ❋ Edward Fordham Spence (1896)

Washington suggested that she get some old friend of the family to come with her, and said the Senator would "deadhead" him home again as soon as he had grown tired, of the sights of the capital. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)

Senators and representatives were paid thousands of dollars by the government for traveling expenses, but they always traveled "deadhead" both ways, and then did as any honorable, high-minded men would naturally do -- declined to receive the mileage tendered them by the government. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)

ElJet provides that value by utilizing empty leg (or "deadhead") flights whenever possible. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In many ways, Barry Barnes is a typical "deadhead," as the most loyal fans of the Grateful Dead have long been known. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"deadhead" was a constant reminder of the influence which this "alien" power exercised over the government and the public opinion of the communities of which it was theoretically the servant. ❋ John Moody (1913)

Rick I am an old deadhead from san francisco, calif, thanks for the news, sorry to hear about his passing did not even know he was in mexico. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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