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Word: Deadhead
Speech Type: Noun
ˈdɛdhɛd
a boring or unenterprising person
Short Definition:boring person
Examples:- you're just a deadhead
a fan of the rock group the Grateful Dead.
Short Definition:rock fan
a faded flower head.
Short Definition:dead flower head
a passenger or member of an audience with a free ticket.
Short Definition:person with free ticket
a sunken or partially submerged log
Short Definition:submerged log
Examples:- most boating accidents begin small, as a disabled engine or a collision with a deadhead
Word: Deadhead
Speech Type: Verb
ˈdɛdhɛd
remove dead flower heads from (a plant)
Short Definition:remove dead flower heads
Examples:- deadhead and spray rose bushes
(of a commercial driver) complete a trip in a train or other vehicle with no passengers or cargo
Short Definition:drive with no passengers
Examples:- they deadhead back to Denver on eastbound trains
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