Definition of Sitting duck

1. Noun. A defenseless victim.

Exact synonyms: Easy Mark
Generic synonyms: Dupe, Victim

Definition of Sitting duck

1. Noun. (idiomatic) An obvious or unconcealed target. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sitting Duck

sittars
sittella
sittellas
sitten
sitter
sitters
sittest
sitteth
sittin'
sittine
sitting
sitting-room
sitting-rooms
sitting around
sitting down
sitting duck
sitting ducks
sitting in
sitting on it
sitting on the fence
sitting out
sitting pretty
sitting room
sitting rooms
sitting still
sitting table
sitting tables
sitting toilet
sitting trot
sitting up

Literary usage of Sitting duck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen (1907)
"Well, how are you getting on ? " said an old duck who had come to pay her a visit. " This one egg is taking such a long time," answered the sitting duck, ..."

2. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1897)
"If we approached a sitting duck too closely she would often cover up her eggs very deliberately before she moved off. If, however, an Eider (or for that ..."

3. Yorkshire Notes and Queries by Joseph Horsfall Turner (1888)
"... or footing, to place his boulder (or duck) on a flat stone, whilst the rest stand at a marked distance and throw their stones at the sitting duck. ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1916)
"The sitting duck peeped out when I approached, but did not leave until I touched the hummock. The nest was lined with dead grass and a very few feathers, ..."

5. Ice-bound on Kolguev: A Chapter in the Exploration of Arctic Europe, to by Aubyn Trevor-Battye (1895)
"But, if a sitting duck is startled, away she goes without more ado, often scattering an egg or two over the edge of the nest. ..."

6. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1904)
"It looks like a sitting duck, but most unnatural, for who ever heard of a blue and yellow duck? There, too, is an original Jo- siah Wedgewood, ..."

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