duck-legged
[ duhk-leg-id or, esp. British, -legd ]
/ ˈdʌkˌlɛg ɪd or, esp. British, -ˌlɛgd /
adjective
having legs that are unusually short: He crept up in a half-crouch that made him look duck-legged.
Origin of duck-legged
First recorded in 1640–50
Words nearby duck-legged
duck's ass,
duck-billed dinosaur,
duck-billed platypus,
duck-egg,
duck-egg blue,
duck-legged,
duck-walk,
duckbill,
duckboard,
ducker,
duckface
Example sentences from the Web for duck-legged
The most popular of all songs with the class, however, is "Duck-legged Dick," of which I give the first verse.
"That's just because you're a duck-legged snipe," answered Gid wrathfully.
Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) |John McElroyDuck-legged, short-waisted, such a dwarf she is That she must rise on tiptoe for a kiss.
Caricature and Other Comic Art |James Parton.