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Word: deadhead
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Meaning:
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.
- Anyone traveling for free.
- A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend
- A person staying at a lodging, such as a hotel or boarding house, without paying rent; freeloader.
- A stupid or boring person; dullard
- A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service
- slang A fan of the rock band the Grateful Dead.
- slang A fan of the rock band, the Grateful Dead.
- slang Driftwood.
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Verb:
- transitive|intransitive To drive an empty vehicle.
- intransitive To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger.
- transitive To remove spent or dead blossoms from a plant.
- transitive To send (a person or message) for free.
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