sitting duck

An easy target, helpless victim

wild duck

The mallard, esp the henbird

sit /sit/

intransitive verb (sittˈing; sat, (archaic) sate /sat or sāt/)

1. To rest on the buttocks and thighs with the upper body more or less vertical
2. (of birds) to perch
3. To brood
4. To have a seat, eg in parliament
5. To be in session
6. To reside
7. To be a tenant
8. To be located, have a specific position or (of the wind) direction
9. To pose, be a model
10. To undergo an examination, be a candidate
11. To weigh, bear, press
12. To be disposed in adjustment, hang, fit
13. To befit

transitive verb

1. To seat
2. To have a seat on, ride
3. To undergo or be examined in
4. (often in combination) to stay in or with in order to look after, as in baby-sit

noun

A mode or spell of sitting

sittˈer noun

1. Someone who sits
2. Someone who sits as a model for an artist or with a medium
3. A baby-sitter
4. Someone who looks after a house, pet, etc in the absence of its owner
5. A sitting bird
6. An easy shot
7. An easy dupe (informal)
8. Anything difficult to fail in
9. A sitting room (slang)

sittˈing noun

1. The state of being seated or act of taking a seat
2. A period of being seated, esp when engaged in some activity
3. Brooding on eggs
4. A clutch
5. One or two or more groups into which a large number of diners are divided, or the period set aside for each group to occupy the dining room, etc
6. A continuous meeting of a body
7. A spell of posing for an artist, etc
8. A seat
9. A church seat

adjective

1. Seated
2. Brooding
3. Currently holding office
4. In the course of a parliamentary session

sitˈ-down noun

A spell of sitting

adjective

1. (of a meal) that one sits down to
2. (of a strike) in which workers down tools but remain in occupation of the plant, workshop, etc

sitˈfast noun

A lump in a horse's skin under the saddle

sitˈ-in noun

The occupation of a building, etc, as an organized protest against some (alleged) injustice, etc (also adjective)

sittˈer-in noun

A baby-sitter

sitting room noun

1. A room in which members of a family commonly sit
2. A space for sitting

sitting target or sitting duck noun

An easy target or victim

sitting tenant noun

The tenant currently occupying a property

sitˈ-up noun

An exercise in which the head and torso are raised from a lying position while the legs remain still

sitˈ-upon noun (informal)

The buttocks

sit back

To take no active part, or no further active part

sit by

To look on without taking any action

sit down

1. To take a seat
2. To pause, rest
3. To take up positions prior to beginning a siege
4. To accept meekly (with under)

sit in

1. To act as a baby-sitter
2. To be present as a visitor, and (usu) take part, eg at a conference or discussion
3. To have or take part in a sit-in
4. To act as a substitute

sit on or upon

1. To hold an official inquiry regarding
2. To be a member of
3. To repress, suppress, check or delay dealing with (informal)

sit out

1. To sit apart without participating
2. To sit to the end of
3. To outstay

sit tight

1. To maintain one's seat
2. To keep one's position quietly and unobtrusively

sitting pretty see under pretty

sit under

To be in the habit of hearing the preaching of (a particular priest, minister, etc)

sit up

1. To rise from a recumbent to a sitting position, or from a relaxed to an erect seat
2. To become alert or startled
3. To remain up instead of going to bed
4. To keep watch during the night