DEAD DUCK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something doomed to failure

Example:

as theories go, that's a dead duck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dead duck" is a kind of...):

failure (lack of success)

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