(rail transport, electrical engineering) Part of a neutral section.

(US, slang) A piece of US paper currency. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, president.

plural of dead duck

(nautical) Stationary with respect to the current, having no means of propulsion. / (idiomatic, figuratively) Doomed; unable to succeed.

(idiomatic) Middle of the night.

(slang) A corpse / (slang, idiomatic) Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished.

(idiomatic) a close race or contest in which no winner is apparent

Unremitting heavy weight that does not move. / (nautical) The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e, the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.

(of a shot in snooker or other cue sports) With just enough weight for a ball to drop into a pocket, or come to rest in a precisely determined position.

In a college or university, the week immediately preceding finals week.