Definitions for lame duck
lame duck

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lame ducknoun

   an elected official still in office but not slated to continue

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lame ducknoun

   A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled.

2. lame ducknoun

   An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.

3. Etymology: 18th century - A person who had defaulted in the London Stock Exchange was said to waddle out of Exchange Alley like a lame duck.

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1. Lame duck

   A lame duck is an elected official who is approaching the end of his or her tenure, especially one whose successor has already been elected.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lame Duck

   The name given to a member of the Stock Exchange who cannot meet his liabilities on settling day. Instead of walking erect, like a man of strict integrity, he ducks his head, and waddles off, well knowing that he has been black-boarded and struck off the list of members.

Matched Categories

1. • Elected Official

How to pronounce lame duck?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say lame duck in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lame duck in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lame duck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of lame duck in a Sentence

1. British Prime Minister David Cameron:

   I'll tell him what is a lame duck, and that is trying to get into Downing Street on the back of Alex Salmond’s coat tails, never mind talk of ducks, I am looking at Alex Salmond’s poodle.

2. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   The president nominates. The Senate confirms. The American people should have a voice, not this lame duck president out the door.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   In the last midterm election before Justice Scalias death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck presidents second term. We kept our promise. Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party presidents Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year, by contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Preident Trump and support Preident Trump agenda, particularly Preident Trump outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise. President Trumps nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.

4. Orrin Hatch:

   A lot of people on something this important do not want to have it passed or rejected by a lame duck Congress.

5. Massimo Faggioli:

   It is very hard to see how the conference can continue this way, with a president who is even worse than a lame duck, the credibility of the Massimo Faggioli bishops is in freefall, which can only be stopped by a visible change in leadership.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lame duck
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lame_Duck
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lame duck
4. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=lame duck