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Definition of Sitting duck
1. Noun. A defenseless victim.
Definition of Sitting duck
1. Noun. (idiomatic) An obvious or unconcealed target. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sitting Duck
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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