noun. 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.

intransitive verb. 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. undefined

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.

adverb. Without passengers or freight; empty.

noun. 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.

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.

noun. 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 person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend

noun. An employee of a transportation company, especially a pilot, traveling as a passenger for logistical reasons, for example to return home or travel to their next assignment.

noun. Anyone traveling for free.

noun. A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service

noun. A person staying at a lodging, such as a hotel or boarding house, without paying rent; freeloader.

noun. A stupid or boring person; dullard

noun. Driftwood.

noun. A fan of the rock band the Grateful Dead (usually Deadhead).

noun. A zombie.

verb. To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger.

verb. To drive an empty vehicle.

verb. To send (a person or message) for free.

verb. To remove spent or dead blossoms from a plant.

noun. a train or bus or taxi traveling empty

noun. a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way

"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."

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