Drake

/dreik/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Adult male of a wild or domestic duck: A "drake" is specifically the male of any species of duck. The female is called a "duck" or "hen."
    • Sir Francis Drake: An English explorer, sea captain, privateer, naval officer, and politician of the Elizabethan era. He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe (1577-1580) and played a key role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun (Male Duck):
    • We could tell it was a drake because of its brightly colored plumage.
    • The pond is home to several mallards, including one drake and three females.
  • Noun (Historical Figure):
    • Sir Francis Drake's voyage around the world brought him great fame and fortune.
    • The naval tactics used by Drake were studied for centuries.
Advanced Usage
  • "To play ducks and drakes with (something)": This idiom means to use something recklessly or wastefully, or to treat something with a lack of serious consideration. It originates from the game of skipping flat stones on water.
    • He played ducks and drakes with his inheritance and was soon bankrupt.
    • The new manager is playing ducks and drakes with the company's established procedures.
Variants and Related Words
  • Duck (n): The common term for the bird, often used specifically for the female.
  • Hen (n): A term for a female duck.
  • Duckling (n): A young duck.
Synonyms
  • Male duck: The direct descriptive synonym.
  • Greenhead: A colloquial term for a male mallard duck.
Related Phrases
  • Play ducks and drakes: To skip stones on the surface of the water. This is the literal activity from which the idiom derives.
    • The children spent the afternoon playing ducks and drakes by the lake.
Related Idioms
  • Play ducks and drakes with something: As defined in Advanced Usage, to squander or treat frivolously.
    • You can't play ducks and drakes with people's trust and expect to keep your friends.
Noun
  1. adult male of a wild or domestic duck
  2. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)

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