dead|beat

dead|beat
dead|beat «DEHD BEET», adjective.
1. making successive beats with intervals of rest and no recoil, as the mechanism of a watch.
2. Physics. stopping with little or no oscillation, as the needle of certain compasses; free from oscillation.
dead-beat «DEHD BEET», adjective.
Informal. all tired out.
noun,adjective.
–noun.
1. U.S. a person who avoids paying for what he gets: »

…a robustious clown, a seam-splitting glutton, and a lovable dead beat (Time).

2. a lazy person; loafer: »

The battalion Personnel Selection Officer was usually a dead beat, unfit for anything better (New Statesman).

–adjective.
1. evading financial responsibility; not providing child support: »

Most states track down deadbeat parents (New York Times).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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