dead end
A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one endA street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.
» It's a dead end.
Das ist eine Sackgasse.
Это тупик.
Це глухий кут.
Meaning
4 senses(idiomatic)A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.
That road comes to a dead end at the lake.
Sackgasse, Stichstraße
тупи́кtupík
глухи́й кутhluxýj kut
The inner end of a drift or tunnel.
(figuratively)A position that offers no hope of change or progress.
Her father suggested that she decline the job because it was a dead end.
Ende Gelände
тупи́кtupík
тупи́кtupýk
A split end in the hair.
a passage with access only at one end
Examples
56 sentencesIt's a dead end.
Це глухий кут.
ruЭто тупик.
deDas ist eine Sackgasse.
The path dead-ends up ahead.
The road came to a dead end.
deDie Straße endete in einer Sackgasse.
That was a dead end as well.
deDas war genauso eine Sackgasse.
Tom is stuck in a dead-end job.
Translations
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Forms
plural: dead endsSynonyms
8 synonyms- a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible:deadlockimpassestalematestandstill
- a passage with access only at one end:culcul de sac