deadbeat

dead·beat¹ (d

) Slang

1. One who does not pay one's debts.

2. A lazy person; a loafer.

adj.

Not fulfilling one's obligations or paying one's debts: a deadbeat dad.

dead·beat² (d

)

adj.

Having an indicator that stops without oscillation.

deadbeat [ˈdɛdˌbiːt]

1. (Sociology) Informal a lazy or socially undesirable person

2. Chiefly US

a. a person who makes a habit of avoiding or evading his or her responsibilities or debts

b. (as modifier) a deadbeat dad

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) a high grade escapement used in pendulum clocks

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) (modifier) (of a clock escapement) having a beat without any recoil

5. (Physics / General Physics) (modifier) Physics

a. (of a system) returning to an equilibrium position with little or no oscillation

b. (of an instrument or indicator) indicating a true reading without oscillation

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Noun

deadbeat - someone who fails to meet a financial obligation

defaulter

deadbeat dad - a father who willfully defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring

debitor, debtor - a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt

deadbeat

noun (Informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) layabout, bum (informal), waster, lounger, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), sponge (informal), parasite, drone, loafer, slacker (informal), scrounger (informal), skiver (Brit. slang), idler, freeloader (slang), good-for-nothing, sponger (informal), wastrel, bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal), cadger They're just a bunch of deadbeats.

Translations

deadbeat [ˈdedbiːt] N (US) → haragán/ana m/f

deadbeat [ˈdɛdbiːt] (mainly US)

n (= waster) → bon(ne) m/f à rien
dead duck n
to be a dead duck → être fichu(e)

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bum
dead
Dead-stroke
deadbeat dad
Deadbeat escapement
Debitor
debtor
defaulter
idler
pretense

ANTI-terror powers will be used to nail deadbeat dads, it was announced yesterday.

Snoops will hunt 'won't pay' fathers; DATA by The Mirror (London, England)

WORCESTER - An alleged deadbeat dad accused of stealing his dead cousin's identity was ordered held without bail yesterday, pending a court hearing to determine whether he violated the terms of his probation from a 1993 assault and battery conviction.

Court hearing set on probation issue; Alleged deadbeat dad held ... by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

Unlike the "Most Wanted Deadbeat Parent" lists put out by most states and counties, the CSSD's list does not contain the occupations of the "deadbeats.

HOUNDING LOW-INCOME FATHERS WON'T PAY OFF by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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