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DEAD HEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dead heat mean? 

DEAD HEAT (noun)
  The noun DEAD HEAT has 1 sense:

1. a tie in a raceplay

  Familiarity information: DEAD HEAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEAD HEAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A tie in a race

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("dead heat" is a kind of...):

draw; standoff; tie (the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided)


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