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- [noun ded-beet; adjective ded-beet]
- /noun ˈdɛdˌbit; adjective ˈdɛdˈbit/
- /ˈded.biːt/
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- [noun ded-beet; adjective ded-beet]
- /noun ˈdɛdˌbit; adjective ˈdɛdˈbit/
Definitions of deadbeat word
- countable noun deadbeat If you refer to someone as a deadbeat, you are criticizing them because you think they are lazy and do not want to be part of ordinary society. 3
- noun deadbeat a lazy or socially undesirable person 3
- noun deadbeat a person who makes a habit of avoiding or evading his or her responsibilities or debts 3
- noun deadbeat (as modifier) 3
- noun deadbeat a high grade escapement used in pendulum clocks 3
- noun deadbeat (of a clock escapement) having a beat without any recoil 3
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Origin of deadbeat
First appearance:
before 1760 One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1760-70; dead + beat
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Parts of speech for Deadbeat
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
deadbeat popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
deadbeat usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for deadbeat
noun deadbeat
- debtor — A debtor is a country, organization, or person who owes money.
- parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- sponge — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- loafer — a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- moocher — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
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