English Explanatory Dictionary

out for a duck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Having batted no hits for the entire game.

Word forms

out for a duck

Etymology

From the use of duck to mean a batsman's score of 0 in cricket.

Related words

break one's duck
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