Deadleg
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A lazy or weak person.
"I was a bit of a deadleg in them days. You know, footloose and inclined to be rather flirtatious with the ladies."
- 2 An isolated section of pipeline that does not usually carry a flow.
"There should be minimum deadleg between the valve and main process unit and, if possible, means for cleaning the deadleg."
- 3 Alternative form of dead leg (injury to the upper thigh) alt-of, alternative
"Gordon Biggs, on his way to biology, his favorite class, turns a corner and is immediately seized and stunned by a deadleg to the thigh, (judicious application of the knee to the fleshy part of the upper leg, resulting in prolonged numbness, hence the term 'deadleg')."
- 4 A movement in which the hips and knees are kept straight and stiff and the ankle is flexed.
"Deadleg drills can also be performed by having one leg serve as the dealeg (hips and knees stiff, ankles dorsiflexed, active ground contact with the foot and the heel adhering o the credit card rule) and having the opposite leg perform other drills, such as A-skips, B-skips or straight-leg skips."
- 5 A vehicle that is traveling on a leg of its route in which it does not carry any cargo.
"Companies can transport on a nationwide basis but usually only carry their products out and have a deadleg on the return trip, e.g., the sugar distributors."
- 1 To knee someone in the thigh. transitive
Example
More examples"I was a bit of a deadleg in them days. You know, footloose and inclined to be rather flirtatious with the ladies."
Etymology
From dead + leg.
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