dead heatn.

Etymology: Compare dead adj. 28, 31

Horse Racing, etc.

A ‘heat’ or race in which two (or more) competitors reach the goal at the same instant.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > types of race

quarter-mile1611

dead1635

diaulos1706

quarter1779

dead heat1796

match race1804

dash1836

sprint race1836

mile1851

road race1852

time trial1857

decider1858

all-ages1864

rough-up1864

hippodrome1867

distance running1868

team race1869

run-off1873

relay race1878

walk-away1879

title race1905

tortoise race1913

procession1937

stage1943

pace1968

prologue1973

1796 Sporting Mag. 7 260/2 The whole race was run head and head, terminating in a dead heat.

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 94 ‘Dead heat’, is when two winners come in nose to nose.

1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg i, in New Monthly Mag. 60 95 She could ride a dead heat, With the Dead who ride so fast and fleet.

1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton 56 What year there was a dead heat for the St. Leger.

Derivatives

dead-heat v. (intransitive) to run a dead heat (with); transitive to run a dead heat with (another competitor).

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > finish in specific manner

to be shot on the post1868

romp1869

dead-heat1887

1887 Cyclist 22 June Ralph Temple..Dead-heated Howell in the Quarter-mile Match.

1892 Black & White 19 Mar. 384/1 The two clubs who dead-heated..express themselves as very anxious to decide the matter by a race.

1902 Daily Chron. 21 May 3/5 Hitherto the London and North-Western have deliberately ‘dawdled’ over the thirty miles after Crewe, so as to only ‘dead-heat’ with their competitors.

1922 Daily Mail 22 Nov. 7 Chuck-a-Penny distinguished himself..by dead-heating with Eton and dividing the spoils.

dead-heater n. one who runs a dead heat.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > racer > types of

dead-heater1868

distance runner1868

pacemaker1884

tail-ender1885

pacer1893

distancer1911

finisher1963

1868 Daily Tel. 29 Apr. About four lengths in the rear of the dead-heaters was St. Ronan, third.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	dead heat
释义	dead heatn. Etymology: Compare dead adj. 28, 31 Horse Racing, etc. A ‘heat’ or race in which two (or more) competitors reach the goal at the same instant. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > types of race quarter-mile1611 dead1635 diaulos1706 quarter1779 dead heat1796 match race1804 dash1836 sprint race1836 mile1851 road race1852 time trial1857 decider1858 all-ages1864 rough-up1864 hippodrome1867 distance running1868 team race1869 run-off1873 relay race1878 walk-away1879 title race1905 tortoise race1913 procession1937 stage1943 pace1968 prologue1973 1796 Sporting Mag. 7 260/2 The whole race was run head and head, terminating in a dead heat. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 94 ‘Dead heat’, is when two winners come in nose to nose. 1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg i, in New Monthly Mag. 60 95 She could ride a dead heat, With the Dead who ride so fast and fleet. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton 56 What year there was a dead heat for the St. Leger. Derivatives dead-heat v. (intransitive) to run a dead heat (with); transitive to run a dead heat with (another competitor). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > finish in specific manner to be shot on the post1868 romp1869 dead-heat1887 1887 Cyclist 22 June Ralph Temple..Dead-heated Howell in the Quarter-mile Match. 1892 Black & White 19 Mar. 384/1 The two clubs who dead-heated..express themselves as very anxious to decide the matter by a race. 1902 Daily Chron. 21 May 3/5 Hitherto the London and North-Western have deliberately ‘dawdled’ over the thirty miles after Crewe, so as to only ‘dead-heat’ with their competitors. 1922 Daily Mail 22 Nov. 7 Chuck-a-Penny distinguished himself..by dead-heating with Eton and dividing the spoils. dead-heater n. one who runs a dead heat. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > racer > types of dead-heater1868 distance runner1868 pacemaker1884 tail-ender1885 pacer1893 distancer1911 finisher1963 1868 Daily Tel. 29 Apr. About four lengths in the rear of the dead-heaters was St. Ronan, third. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1796
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