drake

play ducks and drakes with

To squander (something). "Ducks and drakes" is a game played by skipping a stone across the surface of water. Don't play ducks and drakes with this internship—it's a great opportunity, even if it doesn't pay!

make ducks and drakes of

/play ducks and drakes with

To squander; waste.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Manasseh	mə-NAS-ə (English)	Biblical
Mateja (2)	-	Serbian
Kata	KAH-tah (Finnish)	Hungarian, Finnish, Croatian
Andra	AN-drə (English)	Romanian, English
RÓNÁN	RON-awn	Irish
Regina	rə-JEEN-ə (English), rə-GEEN-ə (English), rə-JIEN-ə (English), re-GEE-nah (German, Polish), re-JEE-nah (Italian), RE-gee-naw (Hungarian)	English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Norweg