dead head

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
Verb The process of pinching off used or spent blooms to keep the plants well groomed and to prevent them from setting seed This will promote continued bloom
A run on a truck or bus that is needed to begin or end a tour without freight or passengers E g from home base to first stop on tour or from last gig to home base Submitted by Karl Kuenning RFL from Roadie Net
dull and inefficient person (Slang)
To remove spent flower heads to prolong flowering and prevent self seeding
Deadhead
A fan of the rock band, the Grateful Dead
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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

Are you my deadhead to Miami?.

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A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service
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A stupid or boring person; dullard

Listen, you two deadheads, he growled at them, more viciously energetic than he meant, and both turned to stare. He softened his tone. What's going on here, anyway? What kind of a morgue is this? Is this any way to spend my last four days in town? Come on, let's all go out and do something..

deadhead
To drive an empty vehicle

Kit had fallen into conversation with a footplate man who was deadheading back out to Samarkand, where he lived with his wife and children.

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Anyone traveling for free

Must either spend or else get off the car.

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

Among the Romans.... The free admission tickets were small ivory death's heads, and specimens of these are to be seen in the Museum of Naples. From this custom, it is stated, that we derive our word Deadhead, as denoting one who has a free entrance to places of amusement.

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

Haviland had a sense of humor; it would make a story too good to keep--the new oil operator, the magnificent and mysterious New York financier, a deadhead at the Ajax. Oh, murder!.

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To dead-head a plant which is flowering means to remove all the dead flowers from it. Dead-head roses as the blooms fade
dead-head
If you say that someone is a deadhead, you mean that they are stupid or slow
deadhead
In transport, a vehicle traveling outbound or inbound without a load
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Empty (unloaded) miles traveled by a driver in order to move his or her truck to pick up a paying load
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a train or bus or taxi traveling empty a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way; "the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible
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Driftwood
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An airline employee who is flying without a paid ticket, and not as a member of a working crew
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a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
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To send (a person or message) for free
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A locomotive, not under power, hauled by another Division Point One of a number of sections of a large railroad, run as an independent entity to the extent of having its own fleet of locomotives, engines, and repair shops, officials, and clerical and operating personnel Dog-Leg Railroad parlance for a sharp reverse curve in the track The term's basis is the comparable crooked appearance of a dog's hind legs Driving Axle An axle on which the driving wheels are mounted Dry Film The film resulting from a paint treatment
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v To return without paying cargo, whether freight or passengers Used of commercial vehicles
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travel without a load; pulling an empty trailer
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{f} go to a performance without paying the admission fee; fly a plane carrying no passengers or freight; drive a vehicle (such as a bus, train or taxi) empty (with no passengers); pull out dead flowers from a plant
deadhead
A fan of the rock band the Grateful Dead
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To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger
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See under Dead, a
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One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc
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An old log which has lost most of its bouyancy, and now floats nearly vertical, with one end down, and the upper end just at or below water level Deadheads are common in old harbors where logs were floated in for loading on boats
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Paid crew moving on trains, without performing service, from one terminal to another at railroad's convenience Any railroad employee traveling on a pass Locomotive hauled by another
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Removal of spent blooms to improve appearance and/or prevent seed formation Promotes bushy growth and prolonged flowering of annuals Back to alphabetical list
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A buoy
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Empty (unloaded) miles traveled by a driver in order to move his or her truck to pickup a paying load
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to remove the dead or dying flowers from a plant
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Miles and hours that a vehicle travels when out of revenue service This includes leaving and returning to the garage, changing routes, etc , and times when there is no reasonable expectation of carrying revenue passengers However, it does not include charter service, school bus service, operator training, maintenance training, etc For non-scheduled, non-fixed-route service (demand-responsive), deadhead mileage also includes the travel between the dispatching point and passenger pick-up or drop-off
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(1) An empty car, or (2) a passenger (or off-duty crew member) riding free on a pass; or (3) a locomotive traveling without cars
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a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way; "the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible"
deadhead
Miles and hours that a vehicle travels when out of revenue service This includes leaving and returning to the garage, changing routes, etc , and when there is no reasonable expectation of carrying revenue passengers However, it does not include charter service, school bus service, operator training, maintenance training, etc For non-scheduled, non-fixed-route service (demand responsive), deadhead mileage also includes the travel between the dispatching point and passenger pick-up or drop-off
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Take off dead flowers This is done to prolong plant life in annuals by preventing seed formation via flowering
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Originally a noun, now a verb meaning to fly the return leg of a trip without cargo or passengers Originally coined during the infancy of the major airlines, the term was pejoratively applied to company employees or spouses, who were strapped into otherwise empty seats to give the appearance of high business volume
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The movement of a transit vehicle without passengers aboard; often to and from a garage or to and from one route to another
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{i} plane carrying no passengers or freight; vehicle (such as a bus, train or taxi) that travels empty (with no passengers); one who goes to a performance without paying the admission fee; fan of the rock band "The Grateful Dead"; faded flower head; (Slang) unintelligent person
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To remove spent or dead blossoms from a plant
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with no passengers or freight
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