duck's egg

1. 1.

   (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

   Synonymsduck

   Broaderscore

   cricket

Questions about duck's egg

What does duck's egg mean?

duck's egg means "(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman".

What is another word for duck's egg?

Close synonyms include duck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is duck's egg a common word?

duck's egg is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.