| Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation. Thesaurus Entries beat, beat up, beaten, bleary, bone-weary, bushed, dead, dead-and-alive, dead-tired, deadbeat, depleted, dog-tired, dog-weary, done, done in, done up, drained, exhausted, fagged out, far-gone, gone, knocked out, played out, pooped, pooped out, prostrate, ready to drop, spent, tired out, tired to death, tuckered out, used up, washed-out, washed-up, weary unto death, whacked, wiped out, worn-out |