DUCKS AND DRAKES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ducks and drakes mean? 

• DUCKS AND DRAKES (noun)
  The noun DUCKS AND DRAKES has 1 sense:

1. a game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water

  Familiarity information: DUCKS AND DRAKES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUCKS AND DRAKES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("ducks and drakes" is a kind of...):

game (an amusement or pastime)

 Context examples 

He will have a very pretty income to make ducks and drakes with, and earned without much trouble.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He soon made ducks and drakes of what I gave him, sank lower and lower, married another woman, I believe, became an adventurer, a gambler, and a cheat.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)