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1. (n.) deadbeat
a person who avoids paying debts.
2. deadbeat
a sponger.
3. (adj.) deadbeat
(of the indicator of an electric meter and the like) coming to a stop with little or no oscillation.
4. deadbeat
being a parent who neglects parental responsibilities, esp. one who does not pay child support:
deadbeat dads.
Etymology: (1760–70)
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1. (noun) defaulter, deadbeat
someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
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1. (adj) deadbeat
making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation
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