How to pronounce “lame duck”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.
• (US, politics) An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.
• (finance, slang, dated) A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.
• (computing) A server that continues to serve ongoing requests while refusing new ones, allowing for graceful shutdown.
• [Verb]
• (informal, transitive, intransitive) To behave in the manner of a lame duck.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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