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 Definitions of sitting duck  [ˈsɪt ɪŋ]  

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

1. (n.) sitting duck
a helpless or easy target or victim.

Etymology:  (1940–45)

Definition of 'sitting duck' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) sitting duck, easy mark
a defenseless victim


Translation of 'sitting duck' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: someone or something that is in an obvious position to be attacked
If they're reducing staff, he's a sitting target.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ooglopende teiken Arabic flag Arabic: هَدَف بارِز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: неподвижна мишена
Brazilian flag Brazilian: alvo fácil Czech flag Czech: snadný cíl German flag German: leichtes Opfer
Danish flag Danish: oplagt offer Greek flag Greek: εύκολος στόχος Spanish flag Spanish: blanco fácil
Estonian flag Estonian: esimesena löögi all Farsi flag Farsi: هدف بي دفاع Finnish flag Finnish: uhri
French flag French: victime toute désignée Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַטָרָה נוֹחָה Hindi flag Hindi: स्वाभाविक लक्ष्य
Croatian flag Croatian: laka meta Hungarian flag Hungarian: könnyű célpont Indonesian flag Indonesian: sasaran empuk
Icelandic flag Icelandic: auðvelt skotmark Italian flag Italian: (facile bersaglio) Japanese flag Japanese: ねらわれる人
Korean flag Korean: 쉬운 표적 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pirmutinis taikinys Latvian flag Latvian: viegli ievainojams mērķis
Malay flag Malay: sasaran yang mudah Dutch flag Dutch: makkelijk doelwit Norwegian flag Norwegian: lett/takknemlig offer
Polish flag Polish: łatwy cel Persian flag Persian: هدف بي دفاع Pashto flag Pashto: بى دفاع هدف
Portuguese flag Portuguese: alvo fácil Romanian flag Romanian: pradă uşoară Russian flag Russian: лёгкая добыча, лёгкая цел
Slovak flag Slovak: ľahký terč Slovenian flag Slovenian: lahek plen Serbian flag Serbian: glineni golubovi
Swedish flag Swedish: tacksamt offer, lätt byte Thai flag Thai: เป้าหมาย Turkish flag Turkish: savunmasız hedef
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 易受攻擊的目標 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нерухомий мішень Urdu flag Urdu: خطرے کی زد میں
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mục tiêu dễ trúng Chinese flag Chinese: 易受攻击的目标

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