plural of dead ringer

(compilers) Instructions that, when executed, have no effect on the running of the program. / (programming) A portion of source code that will never be executed as part of the running program.

An ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, developed from the earlier Coffin Texts.

Very tired; completely exhausted.

plural of dead tree

(espionage) A location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

To leave at a dead drop for someone else to retrieve.

(rare, possibly nonstandard) First, especially first place in a competition.

(poker) To play a drawing hand that is inevitably going to lose, no matter what the remaining community cards are.

plural of dead link