duck has definitions from the fields of zoology,clothing,chemistry,food,mathematics,sport,cricket
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[ verb ] to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

Examples

: "Before he could duck, another stone struck him."

Used in print

(Amber Dean, Encounter with Evil....)

Grosse ducked and sniggered .

(Thomas B. Dewey, Hunter at Large....)

Ducking , Mickey tripped and fell to one side , landing heavily on the wood floor .

Related terms

move

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[ noun ] (zoology) small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

Used in print

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

I would not want to be one of those writers who begin each morning by exclaiming , `` O Gogol , O Chekhov , O Thackeray and Dickens , what would you have made_of a bomb_shelter ornamented with four plaster-of-Paris ducks , a birdbath , and three composition gnomes with long beards and red mobcaps '' ?

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

He stroked the hens and they responded with delighted clucks , he gobbled with the turkeys and they at_once were all attention , he quacked with the ducks , and cackled with a pair of exceedingly flattered geese .

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[ verb ] submerge or plunge suddenly

Used in print

(Cliff Farrell, Trail of the Tattered Star....)

Ducking inside , he found that three rifles were stacked in a corner .

Related terms

dive ducking

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[ verb ] dip into a liquid

Synonyms

douse dip

Examples

: "He dipped into the pool"

Related terms

dunk ducking

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[ verb ] avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Examples

"He dodged the issue" "she skirted the problem" "They tend to evade their responsibilities" "he evaded the questions skillfully"

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[ noun ] (in cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Synonyms

duck's_egg

Related terms

score cricket

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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

Related terms

poultry duckling

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5998
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[ noun ] (clothing) a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

Related terms

fabric

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