Definitions from Wiktionary (lame duck)

▸ noun:  (colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.
▸ noun:  (US, politics) An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.
▸ noun:  (finance, slang, dated) A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.
▸ verb:  (informal, transitive, intransitive) To behave in the manner of a lame duck.
▸ Also see lame_duck


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