deadhead

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[ˈdɛdhɛd], (Noun)

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- a boring or unenterprising person
(e.g: you're just a deadhead)

- a fan of the rock group the Grateful Dead

- a faded flower head

- a passenger or member of an audience with a free ticket

- a sunken or partially submerged log
(e.g: most boating accidents begin small, as a disabled engine or a collision with a deadhead)


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[ˈdɛdhɛd], (Verb)

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- remove dead flower heads from (a plant)
(e.g: deadhead and spray rose bushes)

- (of a commercial driver) complete a trip in a train or other vehicle with no passengers or cargo
(e.g: they deadhead back to Denver on eastbound trains)


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