dead-headv.

Etymology: see deadhead n.¹

1. colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

a. transitive. To admit as a ‘deadhead’ (sense 3), without payment.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > obtain free of charge [verb (transitive)] > admit free of charge

dead-head1854

1854 Lowell in Atlantic Monthly Dec. (1892) 746/2 I will not be deadheaded.

1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1891) ii. 13 He had been ‘dead-headed’ into the world some fifty years ago, and had sat with his hands in his pockets staring at the show ever since.

b. intransitive. To act the ‘deadhead’, obtain a privilege without payment.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > obtain free of charge [verb (intransitive)]

dead-head1885

1885 J. Bigelow in Harper's Mag. Mar. 542/1 Mr. Jefferson was not in the habit of deadheading at hotels.

2. intransitive. Of logs: to jam. U.S. colloquial.

ΚΠ

1922 H. Titus Timber viii. 79 Your hardwood will begin dead-heading in a hurry.

1922 H. Titus Timber x. 89 If the raft goes to pieces and that one log dead-heads.

3. intransitive. To drive an empty train, truck, taxi, etc.; to travel in an empty vehicle. Also transitive. colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive an empty vehicle

dead-head1911

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > drive an empty vehicle

dead-head1911

1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 Apr. 3/3 Only O'Leary and the conductor..were in the car, which was deadheaded.

1929 Folk-Say I. 111 He [sc. a taxi-driver] has to deadhead all the way back.

1956 A. J. Wallis & C. F. Blair Thunder Above (1959) xi. 107 Kyle had flown up to Berlin..as a check pilot and now had forty-eight hours before dead~heading back.

1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xii. 81 He hated to deadhead back an empty boat.

1970 People (Austral.) 26 Aug. 27/5 Another fireman was deadheading in the cab with us and he took over for me.

4. transitive. To remove a dead flower or flowers from (a plant). Cf. deadheading n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > remove faded flower heads

dead-head1952

1952 C. E. L. Phillips Small Garden xi. 106 A great many herbaceous plants will go on and on if dead-headed.

1956 E. H. M. Cox & P. A. Cox Mod. Rhododendrons 17 In a large collection,..it is impossible to dead head every plant.

1966 A. E. Lindop I start Counting vii. 96 The daffs were going off, and I dead-headed them and tied them down.

1970 C. Lloyd Well-tempered Garden i. 48 One can distinguish broadly between those plants that are dead~headed with no further object than to tidy them up and those from which we are hoping to encourage another flowering.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	dead-head
释义	dead-headv. Etymology: see deadhead n.¹ 1. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). a. transitive. To admit as a ‘deadhead’ (sense 3), without payment. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > obtain free of charge [verb (transitive)] > admit free of charge dead-head1854 1854 Lowell in Atlantic Monthly Dec. (1892) 746/2 I will not be deadheaded. 1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1891) ii. 13 He had been ‘dead-headed’ into the world some fifty years ago, and had sat with his hands in his pockets staring at the show ever since. b. intransitive. To act the ‘deadhead’, obtain a privilege without payment. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > obtain free of charge [verb (intransitive)] dead-head1885 1885 J. Bigelow in Harper's Mag. Mar. 542/1 Mr. Jefferson was not in the habit of deadheading at hotels. 2. intransitive. Of logs: to jam. U.S. colloquial. ΚΠ 1922 H. Titus Timber viii. 79 Your hardwood will begin dead-heading in a hurry. 1922 H. Titus Timber x. 89 If the raft goes to pieces and that one log dead-heads. 3. intransitive. To drive an empty train, truck, taxi, etc.; to travel in an empty vehicle. Also transitive. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive an empty vehicle dead-head1911 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > drive an empty vehicle dead-head1911 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 Apr. 3/3 Only O'Leary and the conductor..were in the car, which was deadheaded. 1929 Folk-Say I. 111 He [sc. a taxi-driver] has to deadhead all the way back. 1956 A. J. Wallis & C. F. Blair Thunder Above (1959) xi. 107 Kyle had flown up to Berlin..as a check pilot and now had forty-eight hours before dead~heading back. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xii. 81 He hated to deadhead back an empty boat. 1970 People (Austral.) 26 Aug. 27/5 Another fireman was deadheading in the cab with us and he took over for me. 4. transitive. To remove a dead flower or flowers from (a plant). Cf. deadheading n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > remove faded flower heads dead-head1952 1952 C. E. L. Phillips Small Garden xi. 106 A great many herbaceous plants will go on and on if dead-headed. 1956 E. H. M. Cox & P. A. Cox Mod. Rhododendrons 17 In a large collection,..it is impossible to dead head every plant. 1966 A. E. Lindop I start Counting vii. 96 The daffs were going off, and I dead-headed them and tied them down. 1970 C. Lloyd Well-tempered Garden i. 48 One can distinguish broadly between those plants that are dead~headed with no further object than to tidy them up and those from which we are hoping to encourage another flowering. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). > see also also refers to : deadheaddead-headdead headn.¹ < v.1854 see also
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