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Definitions for Deadhead

[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.
[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.
[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.
[11] a dull unenterprising person
[12] a person who uses a free ticket, as for a train, the theatre, etc
[13] US and Canadian a train, etc, travelling empty
[14] US and Canadian a totally or partially submerged log floating in a lake, etc
[15] (tr) to cut off withered flowers from (a plant)
[16] (intr) US and Canadian to drive an empty bus, train, etc

Words related to Deadhead

wimp, debtor, offender, hoodlum, felon, wrongdoer, lawbreaker, defaulter, pain, nag, yawn, bother, drip, soporific, drag, bromide, pest, bummer, nudge, headache

Words nearby Deadhead

deadboy, deaden, deadening, deadeye, deadfall, deadhead, deadlight, deadline, deadlock, deadly, deadly nightshade

Origin of Deadhead

First recorded in 1570–80; dead + head

Synonyms for Deadhead

pain in the neck, wimp, bother, bromide, bummer, creep, downer, drag, drip, headache, nag, nudge, pain, pest, pill, soporific, yawn, dull person, flat tire, stuffed shirt, tedious person, tiresome person, wet blanket