deadheaderEtymologyFrom deadhead + -er.nounOne who removes the dead remains of blossoms from plants.“Instead, she is a weeder, actually for enjoyment ("That's when I get some of my best thinking done"), a keen harvester of flowers for the house, and a merciless deadheader of perennials in the autumn.”A non-paying passenger.“There's company rules against riders. I told him tonight he's gonna have a deadheader; all he wanted to know was you gonna have coffee money.”A scheduled trip to move a vehicle that has no cargo and no passengers.“From Granite City, I think it was, we rode a deadheader to Minneapolis.”One who does not work very hard at their job.“...were always the "infamous machine" or the "bosses' candidate" or the "payroll deadheaders and racketeers."”A racing pigeon that will not leave when released.“Don does this to catch "Deadheaders" - birds which circle the wrong way and won't leave the release site. By his precise records, Don can remove deadheaders by a process of elimination.”