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dead bird
(baseball, slang) A ball which falls over the infielders’ heads for a hit, as if it were a bird shot by a hunter. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, bird.
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dead bat
(cricket) The bat when held with a light grip such that it gives when the ball strikes it, and the ball loses momentum and falls to the ground.
dead bat
(transitive, cricket) To play (the ball) with a dead bat.
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dead ball
(ball games) The ball when dead and out of play.
dead reckoning
A method of estimating the position of a ship or aircraft by applying estimates of the distance and direction travelled to a previously known position. In respect to ships/boats, it excludes the effect of wind and current on the vessel. Compare with estimated position. Abbreviation: DR
drop dead
(intransitive) To die suddenly. / (intransitive, figuratively) To be appalled or mortified.
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dead horse
(dated, nautical) The period of work on board ship for which the seamen have been paid in advance (usually a month's wages), the end of this term being celebrated by parading a straw horse about the decks.