Definitions for duckdʌk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
duckdʌk(n.)(pl.)ducks; duck.
any of numerous relatively small and short-necked web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, characterized by a broad, flat bill.
Category: Ornithology
the female of this bird, as distinguished from the male.
Category: Ornithology
Ref: Compare drake . 1 1
the flesh of this bird, eaten as food.
ducks, (used with a sing. v.) Brit. Slang.
Category: British
Ref: ducky2. 2
Origin of duck:
bef. 1000; ME duk, doke, OE dūce; akin to duck2
duckdʌk(v.i.)
to stoop or bend suddenly; bob.
to avoid or evade a blow, unpleasant task, etc.; dodge.
to plunge the whole body or the head momentarily under water.
(v.t.)to lower suddenly:
Duck your head down!
to avoid or evade (a blow, unpleasant task, etc.); dodge.
to plunge or dip in water momentarily.
(n.)an act or instance of ducking.
Origin of duck:
1250–1300; akin to MD, MLG dūken, OHG tūhhan
duck′er(n.)
duckdʌk(n.)
a heavy plain-weave cotton fabric for tents, clothing, bags, etc.
Category: Textiles
ducks, (used with a pl. v.) slacks or trousers made of this.
Category: Clothing
Origin of duck:
1630–40; < D doek cloth
Princeton's WordNet
duck(noun)
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
duck, duck's egg(noun)
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
duck(noun)
flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
duck(verb)
a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
duck(verb)
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
"Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
duck(verb)
submerge or plunge suddenly
dip, douse, duck(verb)
dip into a liquid
"He dipped into the pool"
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep(verb)
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"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
duck(noun)ʌk
a common water bird
duck(verb)ʌk
to bend down quickly to avoid being hit by sth
I ducked as the ball whizzed past.
Wiktionary
Duck(ProperNoun)
A surname.
Origin: From douken, from *, from dūkanan. Akin to German tauchen, Dutch duiken.
Webster Dictionary
Duck(noun)
a pet; a darling
Duck(noun)
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
Duck(noun)
the light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates
Duck(verb)
to thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw
Duck(verb)
to plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy
Duck(verb)
to bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion
Duck(verb)
to go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip
Duck(verb)
to drop the head or person suddenly; to bow
Duck(verb)
any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae
Duck(verb)
a sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water
Translations for duck
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
duck(noun)
a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.
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