dead beatdead-beatn.¹adj.¹

Etymology: dead adj. 24b.

Watchmaking and Clockmaking, etc.

A beat or stroke which stops ‘dead’ without recoil. Usually attributive or adj., as in dead-beat escapement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > stroke without recoil (in a mechanism)

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1768 tr. D. Le Roy Succinct Acct. Attempts for finding Longitude 29 The dead beat is made upon a part that is unconcerned with the regulator.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dead-beat Escapement. This..was invented by Graham about 1700.

1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) II. 351 Galvanometers, in which the resistance is so great that the motion is of this kind, are called dead-beat galvanometers.

1882 J. Milne in Nature 26 Oct. 628/1 Pendulums, so far controlled by friction as to be ‘dead-beat’.

1927 Motor Boat 9 Sept. 226/3 The..Dead Beat compass..returns after being displaced from its equilibrium position by one direct movement to the north pointing position.

1960 E. L. Delmar-Morgan Cruising Yacht Equipm. & Navigation ii. 33 A light, dry card compass... The liquid-filled ‘dead-beat’ instrument has now taken its place.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

dead beatadj.²n.²

Etymology: dead adv. 1, 2.

A. adj.² or past participle.

Completely ‘beat’, utterly exhausted. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]

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1822 P. Egan Life in London vi. 88 So dead beat, as to be compelled to cry for quarter.

1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. 218 I never was so dead beat in my life.

1877 R. H. Roberts Harry Holbrooke of Holbrooke Hall ii. 31 His horse lay dead-beat in a ditch beside him.

B. n.² slang (originally U.S.).

1. A worthless idler who sponges on his friends; a sponger, loafer; also (originally Australian), a man down on his luck. Also attributive. Cf. beat n.¹ 16.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer

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1863 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 94 ‘Beau’ Hickman [was] a professional pensioner, or, in the elegant phraseology of the place ‘a deadbeat’.

1875 Chicago Tribune 13 Oct. 4/4 To go on a dead-beat spree.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xli. 325 A system of local government controlled by 30,000 bummers, loafers, and dead-beats.

1882 B. Harte Flip, & Found at Blazing Star 39 Every tramp and dead beat you've met.

1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 115/2 Deadbeat. In Australia, it means a man ‘down on his luck’, ‘stone-broke’, beaten by fortune.

1902 W. Satchell Land of Lost iii. 18 This is the stranding-ground of the dead-beats of the world.

1909 P. G. Wodehouse Mike liv. 304 The Wrykyn team that summer was about the most hopeless gang of dead-beats that had ever made an exhibition of itself on the school grounds.

1912 E. Pugh Harry the Cockney xi. 114 He was a full private..attached to London's vast army of dead-beats..these miserable stricken creatures.

1958 Spectator 16 May 633/1 A company of British soldiers arrives in trucks, led by a deadbeat Temporary Major.

1959 ‘J. Welcome’ Stop at Nothing vi. 107 You don't want help from an old dead-beat like me.

1971 Guardian 18 Jan. 8/2 He didn't write me off as ‘Oh, that dead-beat’ when my name was mentioned.

2. (See quot.)

ΚΠ

1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) Dead-beat, a mixture of ginger-soda and whiskey, taken by hard drinkers after a night's carousal.

Draft additions December 2002

deadbeat dad n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) a father who lives apart from his children and does not support them financially; (more generally) any neglectful father.

ΚΠ

1983 U.S. News & World Rep. (Nexis) 21 Mar. 70 So serious is the problem that Congress and state legislatures are seeking new ways to track down deadbeat dads and make them pay.

1993 Village Voice (N.Y.) 20 Apr. 13/4 Lockheed had begun chasing child support business, trying to win deadbeat-dad collection contracts from state and local governments.

1998 Independent 27 Apr. 15 Tony Blair wants to offer leadership on the future of men. He has read the endless stories vilifying us as problems (criminals, dead-beat dads, lads behaving badly).

2000 J. Sutherland Henry V, War Criminal? 4 If Cleopatra is a neglectful mother, he [sc. Antony] seems a totally uncaring father, a deadbeat dad.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	dead beat
释义	dead beatdead-beatn.¹adj.¹ Etymology: dead adj. 24b. Watchmaking and Clockmaking, etc. A beat or stroke which stops ‘dead’ without recoil. Usually attributive or adj., as in dead-beat escapement. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > stroke without recoil (in a mechanism) dead beat1768 1768 tr. D. Le Roy Succinct Acct. Attempts for finding Longitude 29 The dead beat is made upon a part that is unconcerned with the regulator. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dead-beat Escapement. This..was invented by Graham about 1700. 1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) II. 351 Galvanometers, in which the resistance is so great that the motion is of this kind, are called dead-beat galvanometers. 1882 J. Milne in Nature 26 Oct. 628/1 Pendulums, so far controlled by friction as to be ‘dead-beat’. 1927 Motor Boat 9 Sept. 226/3 The..Dead Beat compass..returns after being displaced from its equilibrium position by one direct movement to the north pointing position. 1960 E. L. Delmar-Morgan Cruising Yacht Equipm. & Navigation ii. 33 A light, dry card compass... The liquid-filled ‘dead-beat’ instrument has now taken its place. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). dead beatadj.²n.² Etymology: dead adv. 1, 2. A. adj.² or past participle. Completely ‘beat’, utterly exhausted. colloquial. 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Egan Life in London vi. 88 So dead beat, as to be compelled to cry for quarter. 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. 218 I never was so dead beat in my life. 1877 R. H. Roberts Harry Holbrooke of Holbrooke Hall ii. 31 His horse lay dead-beat in a ditch beside him. B. n.² slang (originally U.S.). 1. A worthless idler who sponges on his friends; a sponger, loafer; also (originally Australian), a man down on his luck. Also attributive. Cf. beat n.¹ 16. 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Harte Flip, & Found at Blazing Star 39 Every tramp and dead beat you've met. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 115/2 Deadbeat. In Australia, it means a man ‘down on his luck’, ‘stone-broke’, beaten by fortune. 1902 W. Satchell Land of Lost iii. 18 This is the stranding-ground of the dead-beats of the world. 1909 P. G. Wodehouse Mike liv. 304 The Wrykyn team that summer was about the most hopeless gang of dead-beats that had ever made an exhibition of itself on the school grounds. 1912 E. Pugh Harry the Cockney xi. 114 He was a full private..attached to London's vast army of dead-beats..these miserable stricken creatures. 1958 Spectator 16 May 633/1 A company of British soldiers arrives in trucks, led by a deadbeat Temporary Major. 1959 ‘J. Welcome’ Stop at Nothing vi. 107 You don't want help from an old dead-beat like me. 1971 Guardian 18 Jan. 8/2 He didn't write me off as ‘Oh, that dead-beat’ when my name was mentioned. 2. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) Dead-beat, a mixture of ginger-soda and whiskey, taken by hard drinkers after a night's carousal. Draft additions December 2002 deadbeat dad n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) a father who lives apart from his children and does not support them financially; (more generally) any neglectful father. ΚΠ 1983 U.S. News & World Rep. (Nexis) 21 Mar. 70 So serious is the problem that Congress and state legislatures are seeking new ways to track down deadbeat dads and make them pay. 1993 Village Voice (N.Y.) 20 Apr. 13/4 Lockheed had begun chasing child support business, trying to win deadbeat-dad collection contracts from state and local governments. 1998 Independent 27 Apr. 15 Tony Blair wants to offer leadership on the future of men. He has read the endless stories vilifying us as problems (criminals, dead-beat dads, lads behaving badly). 2000 J. Sutherland Henry V, War Criminal? 4 If Cleopatra is a neglectful mother, he [sc. 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