deadbeat
11deadbeat — UK [ˈdedˌbiːt] / US [ˈdedˌbɪt] noun [countable] Word forms deadbeat : singular deadbeat plural deadbeats informal 1) someone who is lazy and does not want to achieve anything in life 2) American someone who tries to avoid paying money that they… …
12deadbeat — n. someone who doesn’t pay debts or bills. □ Some deadbeat with the same name as mine is ruining my credit rating. □ Pay up! Don’t be a deadbeat …
13deadbeat — {n.}, {slang} A person who never pays his debts and who has a way of getting things free that others have to pay for. * /You ll never collect from Joe he s a deadbeat./ …
14deadbeat — {n.}, {slang} A person who never pays his debts and who has a way of getting things free that others have to pay for. * /You ll never collect from Joe he s a deadbeat./ …
15deadbeat — dead beat dead beat (d[e^]d b[=e]t ), deadbeat dead beat (d[e^]d b[=e]t ). a loafer, sponger, or swindler; especially, one who does not pay his debts. Same as {Beat}, n., 7. [Low, U.S.] [1913 Webster] …
16deadbeat — Beat Beat, n. 1. A stroke; a blow. [1913 Webster] He, with a careless beat, Struck out the mute creation at a heat. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse. [1913 Webster] …
17deadbeat — n Someone who doesn t pay his or her bills. I wouldn t go out with that deadbeat; he will stick you with the bill every time. 1860s …
18deadbeat — noun slang A person who never pays his debts and who has a way of getting things free that others have to pay for. You ll never collect from Joe he s a deadbeat …
19deadbeat — [[t]de̱dbiːt[/t]] deadbeats N COUNT (disapproval) 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. [AM, INFORMAL] …
20deadbeat — a person with no desire to work, good for nothing Lana, are you going to marry that deadbeat? He s no good! …
