deadhead

(-hed′)

noun

  1. ☆ a person using a free ticket to get into a show, ride a train, etc.
  2. ☆ a vehicle traveling, as to a terminal, without cargo or passengers
  3. ☆ a log floating on end, sometimes fully submerged
  4. Slang a stupid or boring person

transitive verb

  1. to drive (a vehicle) as a deadhead
  2. to remove withered flowers from (a plant), as to encourage further blooming

intransitive verb

  1. to use free tickets
  2. to make a trip without passengers or cargo

adverb

without passengers or cargo

See deadhead in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A person who uses a free ticket for admittance, accommodation, or entertainment.
  2. A vehicle, such as an aircraft, that transports no passengers or freight during a trip.
  3. A person regarded as dull-witted or sluggish.
  4. A partially submerged log or trunk.
verb dead·head·ed, dead·head·ing, dead·heads
verb, transitive
  1. To pilot or drive (a vehicle) carrying no passengers or freight.
  2. To pull (dead or dying blossoms) off a flower.
verb, intransitive
  1. To make a trip without passengers or freight: “The instruments were out, and it meant they had to deadhead back on another airplane” (Walter J. Boyne).
  2. To bypass a senior employee in order to promote a more junior employee.
adverb
Without passengers or freight; empty.

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