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 Definitions of dead duck  [ˈdɛdˌkæt]  

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Definition of 'dead duck' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) dead duck
a person or thing that is doomed.

Etymology:  (1820–30, Amer.)

Definition of 'dead duck' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) dead duck
something doomed to failure
"he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck"; "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck"; "as theories go, that's a dead duck"

'dead duck' - Nearby Entries  

dead center  dead centre  dead drop  dead duck  dead end  dead-end  dead-end street  



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