VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / ducks on the pond

Thesaurus: ducks on the pond

ducks on the pond (Australia) A coded warning used by men to alert each other that female guests ("ducks") are present ("on the pond"), so that for politeness they should moderate their language. (baseball) Members of a …

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

ducksdefinitionponddefinitionalertdefinitionAustraliadefinitionbasedefinitionbaseballdefinitionbattingdefinitioncodeddefinitionfemaledefinitionguestsdefinitionlanguagedefinitionmembersdefinitionmendefinitionmoderatedefinitionorderdefinitionpolitenessdefinitionpresentdefinitiontheirdefinitiontheydefinitionwarningdefinitionducks and drakesfamilyducking-stoolsneighborduckingsneighborducklingneighborducklingsneighborDuckmantonneighborduckmeatneighborduckpinneighbor

Definitions

  1. ducks on the pond (Australia) A coded warning used by men to alert each other that female guests ("ducks") are present ("on the pond"), so that for politeness they should moderate their language. (baseball) Members of a batting order who are on base; baserunners.