duck-drownder

noun

A very heavy rain.

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Meanings

nounduck-drownder (plural duck-drownders)

plural duck-drownders · alternative duck-drowner · alternative duck drownder

  1. Southern USespeciallyA very heavy rain.

    The "duck drownder" flood along the Mississippi and the tributaries […].

    1971, Guy Harold Smith with Robert M. Basile, Conservation of natural resources
    1 more example

    “We got to move out of here, ahora. Someone from Chisum's bound to ride over this way, lookin’ for you—but you can't wait ‘em out in another duck-drownder."

    1980, Garwood, W. R., Kill him, again

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
frog-stranglergoose-drowndertoad-strangler
Cite this entry
APA

duck-drownder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duck-drownder

MLA

“duck-drownder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duck-drownder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “duck-drownder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duck-drownder.

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