Definitions of Duck [ʌk]

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Definition of 'Duck'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) duck
any of numerous relatively small and short-necked web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, characterized by a broad, flat bill.

2.  duck
the female of this bird, as distinguished from the male.

3.  duck
the flesh of this bird, eaten as food.

4.  duck
ducks, (used with a sing. v.) Brit. Slang.

5. (v.i.) duck
to stoop or bend suddenly; bob.

6.  duck
to avoid or evade a blow, unpleasant task, etc.; dodge.

7.  duck
to plunge the whole body or the head momentarily under water.

8. (v.t.) duck
to lower suddenly:
Duck your head down!

9.  duck
to avoid or evade (a blow, unpleasant task, etc.); dodge.

10.  duck
to plunge or dip in water momentarily.

11. (n.) duck
an act or instance of ducking.

12. (n.) duck
a heavy plain-weave cotton fabric for tents, clothing, bags, etc.

13.  duck
ducks, (used with a pl. v.) slacks or trousers made of this.

Etymology: (1550–60)

Definition of 'Duck'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) duck
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

2. (noun) duck, duck's egg
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

3. (noun) duck
flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

4. (verb) duck
a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

5. (verb) duck
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
"Before he could duck, another stone struck him"

6. (verb) duck
submerge or plunge suddenly

7. (verb) dip, douse, duck
dip into a liquid
"He dipped into the pool"

8. (verb) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

Definition of 'Duck'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) duck
a common water bird

2. (verb) duck
to bend down quickly to avoid being hit by sth
I ducked as the ball whizzed past.

Definition of 'Duck'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Duck
a pet; a darling

2. (noun) Duck
a linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing

3. (noun) Duck
the light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates

4. (verb) Duck
to thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw

5. (verb) Duck
to plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy

6. (verb) Duck
to bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion

7. (verb) Duck
to go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip

8. (verb) Duck
to drop the head or person suddenly; to bow

9. (verb) Duck
any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae

10. (verb) Duck
a sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water

Translation of 'Duck'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to push briefly under water They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.
Afrikaans: ontwyk	Arabic: يُسْقِطُ في الماء	Bulgarian: гмуркам (се)
Brazilian: mergulhar	Czech: ponořit (se)	German: untertauchen
Danish: give en dukkert	Greek: βουτώ κπ. στο νερό	Spanish: hundir, sumergir
Estonian: vee alla va- jutama	Farsi: زیر آب کردن	Finnish: painaa upoksiin
French: plonger dans l'eau, faire	Hebrew: לִטבּוֹל לְרֶגָע	Hindi: डुबकी
Croatian: zagnjuriti se	Hungarian: lenyom (vízbe)	Indonesian: membenamkan
Icelandic: kaffæra, dÿfa	Italian: mettere sott'acqua*	Japanese: ひょいと水に押し込む
Korean: 몸을 물속에 넣다	Lithuanian: murkdyti	Latvian: ienirt; pagrūst (zem ūden
Malay: membenamkan	Dutch: kopje onder duwen	Norwegian: dukke, gi en dukkert
Polish: wpychać pod wodę, `przyta	Persian: زیر آب کردن	Pashto: تر اوبه لاندى كول
Portuguese: mergulhar	Romanian: a (se) cufunda	Russian: окунать
Slovak: ponoriť (sa)	Slovenian: potopiti (se)	Serbian: zagnjuriti
Swedish: doppa	Thai: ดำน้ำ	Turkish: (suya) dal(dır) mak
Taiwanese: 按入水中片刻	Ukrainian: поринати	Urdu: غوطہ کھا کر ابھرنا یا غوط
Vietnamese: dìm nhanh xuống nước	Chinese: 把…按入水中片刻
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