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deadheading

verb

Meaning

  1. To admit to a performance without charge.
  2. To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger.
  3. To drive an empty vehicle.
  4. To send (a person or message) for free.
  5. To remove spent or dead blossoms from a plant.
  6. The removal of dead flowers from a plant in order to encourage the growth of new ones, and to prevent the production of seeds.
  7. The driving of an unladen vehicle, such as a bus with no passengers, in order to take it from one place to another.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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