deadleg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lazy or weak person.
  2. An isolated section of pipeline that does not usually carry a flow.
  3. Alternative form of dead leg (injury to the upper thigh)
  4. A movement in which the hips and knees are kept straight and stiff and the ankle is flexed.
  5. A vehicle that is traveling on a leg of its route in which it does not carry any cargo.
verb
  1. To knee someone in the thigh.

Word forms

deadleg deadlegs dead-leg dead leg deadlegging deadlegged

Etymology

From dead + leg.

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