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What does deadhead mean?

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Noun
  1. A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend
  2. 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.
  3. Anyone traveling for free.
  4. A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service
  5. A person staying at a lodging, such as a hotel or boarding house, without paying rent; freeloader.
  6. A stupid or boring person; dullard
  7. A tree or tree branch fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable body of water, partially submerged or rising nearly the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk; snag
  8. (slang) Driftwood.
  9. (slang) A fan of the rock band the Grateful Dead (usually Deadhead).
  10. (slang) A zombie.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To drive an empty vehicle.
  3. (transitive) To send (a person or message) for free.
  4. (transitive) To remove spent or dead blossoms from a plant.
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