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I'm the lamest lame duck there could be.
George C. Wallace

Meaning of "lame duck" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAME DUCK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAME DUCK

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Lame duck is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAME DUCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lame duck in the English dictionary

The first definition of lame duck in the dictionary is a person or thing that is disabled or ineffectual. Other definition of lame duck is a speculator who cannot discharge his liabilities. Lame duck is also a company with a large workforce and high prestige that is unable to meet foreign competition without government support.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAME DUCK

lame
lamebrain
lamebrained
lamed
lamedh
lamella
lamellae
lamellar
lamellarly
lamellate
lamellated
lamellately
lamellation
lamellibranch
lamellibranchiate
lamellicorn
lamelliform
lamellirostral
lamellirostrate
lamellose

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAME DUCK

Barbary duck
blue duck
Bombay duck
cold duck
dead duck
decoy duck
diving duck
duck
eider duck
ferruginous duck
grey duck
harlequin duck
mandarin duck
Muscovy duck
musk duck
Peking duck
ruddy duck
sea duck
sitting duck
tufted duck
wood duck

Synonyms and antonyms of lame duck in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lame duck» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAME DUCK

Find out the translation of lame duck to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lame duck from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lame duck» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

跛脚鸭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pato cojo
570 millions of speakers

English

lame duck
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लंगड़ा बतख
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بطة عرجاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хромой уткой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pato manco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভাগা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

canard boiteux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Itik lumpuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lahme Ente
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

レームダック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

레임덕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bebek bebek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con vịt què
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நொண்டி வாத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लंगडा परत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Topal ördek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anatra zoppa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lame duck
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кульгавою качкою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lame duck
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lame duck
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sukkelaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lame duck
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lame duck
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lame duck

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAME DUCK»

The term «lame duck» is regularly used and occupies the 89.284 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAME DUCK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lame duck

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QUOTES WITH «LAME DUCK»

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George C. Wallace
I'm the lamest lame duck there could be.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAME DUCK»

Discover the use of lame duck in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lame duck and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Case Against Lame Duck Impeachment
An incisive legal argument that the attempt to impeach then-President Bill Clinton was not only ethically troubling, but actually against the basic legal procedures of the House and Senate and thus unconstitutional.
Bruce Ackerman, 2011
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Lame Duck Sessions of Congress
This book provides a history and background of the lame duck sessions of Congress from 1935 till 2010 (74th-111th Congresses).
Garfield I. Cooke, Emmitt J. Donovan, 2012
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The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary
103; president-elect, p. 18; presidential succession, p. 110. Significance A lame duck presidency has its advantages and disadvantages. A lame duck president maintains continuity and keeps the administration running until the president- elect ...
Jeffrey M. Elliot, Sheikh R. Ali, 2007
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Lame Duck Protest
But will they succeed? Will the duckling's parkland home be preserved? The book deals with issues of conservation and wildlife preservation in a touching way, and is accompanied by beautiful sketches and watercolour illustrations.
Goldie Alexander, 2009
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Outlook
Presently, any meeting of Congress after election day (on November 4 this year), but before January 3, is considered a lame-duck session, and typically lasts between two and three weeks. Getting its name from the lame- duck lawmakers who ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang
College Dict: Lame duck.. .a Congressman who has failed of re-election and is serving at the last session of his term. 1975 Boatner et al. Dict. Amer. Idioms 195: ln the last year of their second terms, American presidents are lame ducks.
Grant Barrett, 2006
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Encyclopedia of the United States Congress
lame duck” When presidents or members of Congress will not be returning to office, they become known as “lame ducks.” The term applies to persons occupying their offices between the election and the inauguration of their successors.
Robert E. Dewhirst, John David Rausch, 2009
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American Government: Historical, Popular, and Global ...
The phrase lame-duck president refers to the status of a chief executive toward the end of his final term in office, when his political power diminishes and other elected officials see less advantage in cooperating with him. The term was first ...
Kenneth Dautrich, David Yalof, 2008
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Beneath The Wings of Geronimo's Spirit: Haskay Bay Nay Ntay
As with all mothers, the new chief's wife Lame Duck had great aspirations for her son Thunder Cloud, who at this moment was being treated for a snake bite and hopefully would fully recover. Even if Lame Duck had been told, she would not ...
R. James Roybal, 2013
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The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of ...
Although postelection or lame-duck classifications were used from time to time in the first thirty years after the enactment of the Pendleton Act, the view that they were primarily a means by which presidents protected the party faithful ignores ...
Ronald N. Johnson, Gary D. Libecap, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAME DUCK»

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Barack Obama's lame-duck period could be one of the least … - Quartz
Obama is a “lame duck,” in the twilight of his term, and lame ducks are presumed to be ineffective. Yet this alone has been an action-filled week ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
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Editorial: Lame duck leadership keeps SAA flying low - Times LIVE
Editorial: Lame duck leadership keeps SAA flying low. SAA chairwoman Dudu Myeni and acting CEO Nico Bezuidenhout Image: VELI ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
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US prisons: President Obama's lasting legacy will be penal reform …
Did anyone say “lame duck”? This was supposed to be when Barack Obama hit rock bottom, in the final stages of his second term, with the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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From one lame duck to another, Obama to visit with Jon Stewart on …
WPIX - New York. Is President Obama becoming an early lame duck? Is President Obama becoming an early lame duck? WPIX - New York. «Twitchy, Jul 15»
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Rumor Roundup (Jan. 18, 2015): NXT-ROH deal, Battleground …
Not surprisingly, the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that there is a mentality within WWE that SmackDown is a lame duck show on ... «Cageside Seats, Jul 15»
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Obama's excellent lame duck summer
For a lame duck president, Barack Obama has had an excellent summer, with a slew of domestic and foreign policy wins, capped this week by ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
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Not bad for a 'lame duck'
After all, we've seen the script for “lame duck” presidents, and it tends to be … dull. Obama, down in the polls, couldn't credibly expect to do ... «MSNBC, Jul 15»
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First take: Obama's winning streak continues with Iran deal
WASHINGTON — Derided as a lame duck after his Democratic Party suffered losses in last November's midterm elections, President Obama ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
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Obama's Lame Duck Fire Sale to Corporations and Banks
Now that President Barack Obama is a lame duck president, he's having no problem revealing himself as a corporatist. In doing so, he has ... «Ring of Fire, Jul 15»
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Lame Duck Mphoko Rides On Power Bubble
HARARE, July 8, 2015 – ACTING President Phelekezela Mphoko is technically solely in charge of the republic in the absence of President ... «RadioVop, Jul 15»

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