0 a competition in which two or more competitors finish at exactly the same time or with exactly the same result: --
1 a race in which two or more competitors finish at exactly the same time: --
A foot-race to the nearest bedroom ends in a dead heat.
Theoretically, everyone should finish in a dead heat.
I have listened carefully to what everyone has said on this matter: the number of runners has been considerable and the result has been a dead heat.
So there was a dead heat.
It was a dead heat.
The "yes"vote shrank and the"no" vote increased inexorably in the opinion polls as the campaign went on until it was virtually a dead heat on the day.
Three votes the other way and it would have been a dead heat.
Will he graciously slow down and arrange for a dead heat, or will he redouble his pace and so widen the gap again?
