Meaning

One who removes the dead remains of blossoms from plants..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who removes the dead remains of blossoms from plants.
2. A non-paying passenger.
3. A scheduled trip to move a vehicle that has no cargo and no passengers.
4. One who does not work very hard at their job.
5. A racing pigeon that will not leave when released.

Example Sentences

Instead, she is a weeder, actually for enjoyment ("That's when I get some of my best thinking done"), a keen harvester of flowers for the house, and a merciless deadheader of perennials in the autumn.

Take care if deadheading in the evening when the flowers have just folded down as bees seem to enjoy resting in them at this time and may give the deadheader a stinging surprise.

I'm just the deadheader of roses and pansies—a very lowly assistant gardener.

There's company rules against riders. I told him tonight he's gonna have a deadheader; all he wanted to know was you gonna have coffee money.

A septuagenarian deadheader? A senior citizen stowaway? Unlikely.

When aircraft are swapped, a pilot might travel as a deadheader on the flight he or she was originally scheduled to fly.

From Granite City, I think it was, we rode a deadheader to Minneapolis.

Next to the cash register, a bulletin board was thumbtacked with notes from deadheaders who needed loads heading west, and shippers looking for a reefer (refrigerated truck) going down to Florida.

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