English Explanatory Dictionary

dead pool

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A game of prediction or gambling that involves guessing when people, typically celebrities, will die.
  2. The point at which a reservoir no longer has enough water to flow downstream of its dam, at which point (for example) a dam's turbines are no longer able to generate power.

Word forms

dead pool dead pools deadpool

Synonyms

death pool

Related words

assassination market assassination marketplace tontine pool of death dead water
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