ducks and drakes

Speech parts

1. ducks and drakes - Noun

2. ducks and drakes - Phrase

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

squandering squander wasting stone skipping stone skimming stone skiffing drakestoning

Hypernyms

game

Examples

Make ducks and drakes with shillings. George Chapman

Make ducks and drakes with shillings. English Proverb

Words in the phrase

ducks and

Close letter words and terms

duckpond duckroll ducks ducks and geese ducks and swans ducks guts