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Noun: dead duck  ded dúk
Usage: informal
  1. Something doomed to failure
    "he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck"; "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck"; "as theories go, that's a dead duck"

Derived forms: dead ducks

Type of: failure

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deactivation
dead
dead ahead
dead air
dead axle
dead body
dead center
dead centre
dead cert
dead drop
dead duck
dead end
dead hand
dead hand of the past
dead heat
dead language
dead letter
dead load
dead mail
dead march
dead metaphor