Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

(rail transport, of a locomotive) being hauled as part of a train's consist while not providing any motive power.

Possessed of an extremely poor or non-existent sense of smell.

Dull; lifeless; lacking originality and vitality.

(archaic) Garments in which to bury the dead.

(computing) Of a character in a multi-user dungeon: stuck in a frozen state, but still visible to other players, as a result of sudden disconnection by the user without logging out.

An unerring marksman.

plural of dead shot

Synonym of dead-alive

(art) The first broad outlines of a picture.