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Definition: Sitting Duck |
Sitting DuckNoun1. A defenseless victim. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Sitting DuckSynonym: easy mark (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | It was like shooting a sitting duck (Lay All Your Love On Me; performing artist: Abba) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sitting duck | 134 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sitting duck"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | leichte beute. (various references) | |
Greek | εύκολοσ στόχοσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | könnyű célpont (sitting pigeon). (various references) | |
Italian | facile bersaglio (sitting target). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ittingsay uckday.(various references) | |
Spanish | blanco facilísimo (sitter). (various references) | |
Turkish | kolay hedef, kolay av (sitter). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người ở thế dễ bị tổn thương mục tiêu dễ trúng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-g-i-i-k-n-s-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: cuttings, distinct, ductings, sticking, tickings, tungstic. | |
-4 letters: cutting, discing, disking, ducking, ducting, dunitic, dusking, dusting, indicts, inducts, intuits, kitting, sicking, sitting, skiting, stickit, sucking, suiting, ticking, tidings, tucking, tusking, unstick. | |
-5 letters: citing, cutins, dicing, digits, diking, dingus, duking, gittin, icings, indict, induct, intuit, kiting, nudist, siding, siting, skiing, tiding, tincts, tsking, tunics. | |
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