ducks and drakesDefinition of ducks and drakes noun [mass noun] a game of throwing flat stones so that they skim along the surface of water. Phrases play ducks and drakes with trifle with; treat frivolously: who is this man, to play ducks and drakes with a scientific expedition?Origin: late 16th century: from the movement of the stone over the waterducks and drakes in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of ducks and drakes in the US English dictionary
