deadleg
English
noun
Definitions
- A lazy or weak person.
- An isolated section of pipeline that does not usually carry a flow.
- (alt form) dead leg (injury to the upper thigh)
- (sports) A movement in which the hips and knees are kept straight and stiff and the ankle is flexed.
- (shipping) A vehicle that is traveling on a leg of its route in which it does not carry any cargo.
Etymology
Compound from English dead + English leg (verb, noun, single game match played in a tournament).
Origin
English
leg
Gloss
verb, noun, single game match played in a tournament
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Deadhead English
- airleg English
- blackleg English
- bootleg English
- bowleg English
- boyleg English
- brain-dead English
- braindead English
- dead English
- dead ice English
- dead-handed English
- dead-hearted English
- dead-naming English
- deadass English
- deadbolt English
- deadborn English
- deadcart English
- deaden English
- deadend English
- deader English
- deadeye English
- deadfall English
- deadhanded English
- deadhead English
- deadhearted English
- deadhouse English
- deadish English
- deadland English
- deadlatch English
- deadlift English
- deadlight English
- deadlike English
- deadlock English
- deadly English
- deadman English
- deadname English
- deadness English
- deadnettle English
- deadpan English
- deadrise English
- deadstart English
- deadstick English
- deadstock English
- deadtime English
- deadwood English
- deadwork English
- deadworks English
- dogleg English
- foreleg English
- gateleg English
- halfdead English
- highleg English
- hogleg English
- interleg English
- leg English
- leg day English
- leg press English
- legbone English
- legcuff English
- legful English
- legged English
- leggie English
- legging English
- leggish English
- leggy English
- leghold English
- leghole English
- legless English
- leglet English
- leglike English
- leglock English
- legman English
- legplate English
- legpuller English
- legroom English
- legshow English
- legside English
- legspan English
- legwear English
- legwork English
- midleg English
- multileg English
- netdead English
- nondead English
- pantleg English
- pre-dead English
- proleg English
- propleg English
- puffleg English
- redleg English
- rough-legged buzzard English
- roughleg English
- stone dead English
- undead English
- underleg English
- amore Italian
- dead French
- deader French
- レガース Japanese
- ded Middle English
- leg Middle English
- เด๊ดสะมอเร่ Thai
- deds Tagalog
- dead Volapük
- lek Tok Pisin
- dede Sranan Tongo
- leg Torres Strait Creole
- lek Samoan Plantation Pidgin
- leg
- dead
- leggy
- redleg
- leglet
- legful
- deader
- undead
- bowleg
- hogleg
- airleg
- legman
- midleg
- dogleg
- proleg
- legged
- boyleg
- leggie
- deadly
- deaden
- legcuff
- pantleg
- propleg
- leg day
- bootleg
- legshow
- deadish
- gateleg
- puffleg
- nondead
- deadeye
- legspan
- deadass
- legless
- leglock
- foreleg
- leggish
- legwork
- leghole
- legbone
- deadpan
- legwear
- legging
- legside
- leghold
- leglike
- legroom
- deadman
- deadend
- highleg
- netdead
- deadness
- deadlock
- deadname
- deadwood
- deadwork
- deadborn
- deadhead
- deadland
- legplate
- Deadhead
- blackleg
- deadrise
- halfdead
- underleg
- dead ice
- deadfall
- deadcart
- multileg
- deadbolt
- deadlift
- deadlike
- deadtime
- pre-dead
- roughleg
- interleg
- braindead
- deadstock
- deadlatch
- deadlight
- deadworks
- deadhouse
- deadstart
- leg press
- legpuller
- deadstick
- stone dead
- brain-dead
- deadhanded
- deadnettle
- deadhearted
- dead-handed
- dead-naming
- dead-hearted
- rough-legged buzzard