What does DUCK mean?

Definitions for DUCK
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ducknoun

    small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

  2. duck, duck's eggnoun

    (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

  3. ducknoun

    flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

  4. duckverb

    a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

  5. duckverb

    to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

    "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"

  6. duckverb

    submerge or plunge suddenly

  7. dip, douse, duckverb

    dip into a liquid

    "He dipped into the pool"

  8. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. Ducknoun

    A surname.

  2. Etymology: From douken, from *, from dūkanan. Akin to German tauchen, Dutch duiken.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DUCKnoun

    Etymology: ducken, to dip, Dutch.

    The ducks that heard the proclamation cry’d,
    And fear’d a persecution might betide,
    Full twenty mile from town their voyage take,
    Obscure in rushes of the liquid lake. John Dryden, Nun’s Priest.

    Grubs if you find your land subject to, turn ducks into it. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

    Will you buy any tape, or lace for your cap,
    My dainty duck, my dear-a? William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

    Back, shepherds, back; enough your play,
    ’Till next sunshine holyday:
    Here be without duck or nod,
    Other trippings to be trod,
    Of lighter toes, and such court guise
    As Mercury did first devise. John Milton.

    Neither cross and pile, nor ducks and drakes, are quite so ancient as handy-dandy. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scriblerus.

  2. To Duckverb

    To put under water.

  3. To Duckverb

    Etymology: from the noun.

    The varlet saw, when to the flood he came,
    How without stop or stay he fiercely leapt;
    And deep himself be ducked in the same,
    That in the lake his lofty crest was steept. Fairy Queen.

    Let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
    Olympus high, and duck again as low
    As hell’s from heav’n. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    Thou art wickedly devout;
    In Tiber ducking thrice, by break of day. John Dryden, Pers.

    As some raw youth in country bred,
    When at a skirmish first he hears
    The bullets whistling round his ears,
    Will duck his head aside, will start,
    And feel a trembling at his heart. Jonathan Swift.

    I cannot flatter and look fair,
    Smile in mens faces, smooth, deceive, and cog,
    Duck with French nods and apish courtesy. William Shakespeare, R. III.

    The learned pate
    Ducks to the golden fool. William Shakespeare, Timon.

Wikipedia

  1. Duck

    "The Duck is a song written by Fred Sledge Smith and Earl Nelson and performed by Jackie Lee. It reached No. 4 on the U. S. R&B chart and No. 14 on the U. S. pop chart in 1966. It was featured on his 1966 album The Duck. The song was arranged by Fred Hill and produced by Fred Sledge Smith.

ChatGPT

  1. duck

    A duck is a type of waterfowl that is smaller than a swan and goose, typically found in both fresh and sea water. Ducks belong to the family Anatidae and have a broad body, short legs, webbed feet, and a flattened bill. They are omnivorous, eating aquatic plants and small animals. Some species of ducks are known for their quacking sound. Ducks are migratory birds and are found all around the world, except in Antarctica. Females are typically responsible for nest building and incubating eggs. The male duck is usually brighter in color than the female.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ducknoun

    a pet; a darling

  2. Ducknoun

    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. Ducknoun

    the light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates

  4. Duckverb

    to thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw

  5. Duckverb

    to plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy

  6. Duckverb

    to bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion

  7. Duckverb

    to go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip

  8. Duckverb

    to drop the head or person suddenly; to bow

  9. Duckverb

    any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae

  10. Duckverb

    a sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water

  11. Etymology: [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. thhan, MHG. tucken, tcken, tchen, G. tuchen. Cf. 5th Duck.]

Wikidata

  1. Duck

    Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered ducks. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than the swans and geese, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water. Ducks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated water birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Duck

    duk, n. a kind of coarse cloth for small sails, sacking, &c. [Dut. doeck, linen cloth; Ger. tuch.]

  2. Duck

    duk, v.t. to dip for a moment in water.—v.i. to dip or dive: to lower the head suddenly: to cringe, yield.—n. a quick plunge, dip: a quick lowering of the head or body, a jerky bow.—ns. Duck′er, one who ducks: a diving-bird; Duck′ing; Duck′ing-pond; Duck′ing-stool, a stool or chair in which scolds were formerly tied and ducked in the water as a punishment. [A.S. dúcan, to duck, dive; Ger. tauchen, Dut. duiken.]

  3. Duck

    duk, n. name given to any member of the family Anatidæ, the prominent marks of which are short webbed feet, with a small hind-toe not reaching the ground, the netted scales in front of the lower leg, and the long bill: the female duck as distinguished from the male drake: in cricket (originally duck's egg), the zero (0), which records in a scoring-sheet that a player has made no runs: (coll.) a darling, sweetheart: a financial defaulter—esp. Lame Duck: also of things.—ns. Duck′-ant, a Jamaican termite nesting in trees; Duck′-bill, an aquatic burrowing and egg-laying Australian mammal, about 18 inches long, with soft fur, broadly webbed feet, and depressed duck-like bill—also called Duck-mole, Platypus, and Ornithorhynchus.—adj. Duck′-billed, having a bill like a duck.—n. Duck′-hawk, the moor-buzzard or marsh-harrier: the peregrine falcon of the United States.—adj. Duck′-legged, short-legged.—ns. Duck′ling, a young duck; Duck's′-foot, the lady's mantle; Duck′-weed, a name for several species of Lemna and Wolffia growing in ditches; Bombay duck, bummals; Wild′-duck, the mallard.—Break one's duck (cricket), to make one's first run (see above); Make, Play, ducks and drakes, to use recklessly: squander, waste (with with, of)—from the skipping of a flat stone across the surface of water. [A.S. duce, a duck, from, dúcan, to duck, dive.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. duck

    The finest canvas (No. 8) for small sails, is sometimes so called; but it is really a lighter cloth than canvas, and is greatly used by seamen and soldiers on tropical stations for frocks and trousers.

Editors Contribution

  1. duck

    A type of aquatic bird.

    A duck lives in or on water of a variety of different types e.g. lake, stream or sea.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2016  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DUCK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Duck is ranked #7367 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Duck surname appeared 4,521 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Duck.

    77.2% or 3,494 total occurrences were White.
    15.9% or 719 total occurrences were Black.
    2.4% or 112 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2% or 91 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.4% or 66 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.8% or 39 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DUCK' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2866

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DUCK' in Nouns Frequency: #1935

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DUCK in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DUCK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of DUCK in a Sentence

  1. Tony Evers:

    It is now abundantly clear that the lame-duck session was nothing more than an illegal power grab intended to override the will of the people.

  2. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

    The president nominates. The Senate confirms. The American people should have a voice, not this lame duck president out the door.

  3. Doug Manning:

    Whoever put Christmas (sorry..Doug would never spell it like that...come ON)"Whoever put Xmas in the middle of Hunting Season oughta be crucified."He stated while opening a can of Miller Lite on the way home from (can you guess?) --> duck Hunting.

  4. Kelly Graves:

    We don't have one player that's played in front of the Duck fans.

  5. Confucius:

    Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

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