(idiomatic) A street or path that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end. / A position that offers no hope of progress. / A split end in the hair.

Going nowhere; blocked.

(US) To come to a dead-end.

A road with no exit. / (by extension, figuratively) A position that offers no hope of progress.

plural of dead end

plural of dead-end

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dead-end

simple past tense and past participle of dead-end

present participle of dead-end

(slang, derogatory) Someone who is viewed as unlikely to ever produce offspring.