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dead duck
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dead duck

noun

Definition of DEAD DUCK

: one that is doomed
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Examples of DEAD DUCK

  1. If they find out what I did, I'm a dead duck!

First Known Use of DEAD DUCK

1943

Rhymes with DEAD DUCK

amok, awestruck, blackbuck, black duck, bushbuck, cold duck, dumbstruck, dump truck, fire truck, fish duck, fly-struck, hand truck, Kalmuck, lame-duck, moonstruck, mukluk, muktuk, potluck, reedbuck, roebuck, sawbuck, shelduck, stagestruck, starstruck, sunstruck, unstuck, upchuck, woodchuck

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