dead beat

dead beat
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]

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  • 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… …   Useful english dictionary

  • dead-beat — dead beatˈ adjective (informal) Quite overcome, exhausted • • • Main Entry: ↑dead …   Useful english dictionary

  • dead beat — adjective never before noun MAINLY BRITISH INFORMAL extremely tired …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • dead-beat — also dead beat ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ If you are dead beat, you are very tired and have no energy left. [INFORMAL] Syn: shattered …   English dictionary

  • dead beat — see dead beat …   English dictionary

  • Dead Beat (novel) — Dead Beat   Dead Beat …   Wikipedia

  • dead-beat escapement — noun A clock escapement in which there is no recoil to the escape wheel • • • Main Entry: ↑dead …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dead beat control — In discrete time control theory, the dead beat control problem consists of finding what input signal must be applied to a system in order to bring the output to the steady state in the smallest number of time steps. For an Nth order linear system …   Wikipedia

  • dead-beat response — aperiodinis atsakas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. damping transient; dead beat response; overdamped response vok. endliche Ausregelzeit, f; monotoner Übergangsprozeß, m rus. апериодическая реакция, f; апериодический отклик, m… …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • dead-beat response — aperiodinis pereinamasis procesas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. damping transient; dead beat response; overdamped response vok. endliche Ausregelzeit, f; monotoner Übergangsprozeß, m rus. апериодическая реакция, f;… …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

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