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- DictionaryDuck/dək/
verb
- 1. lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or so as not to be seen: "spectators ducked for cover"
- 2. plunge one's head or body underwater briefly: "I had to keep ducking down to get my head cool"
noun
- 1. a quick lowering of the head.
The meaning of DUCK is any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage —often used figuratively in phrases like have one's ducks in a row, get one's ducks in a row, or put ...
DUCK definition: 1. a bird that lives by water and has webbed feet (= feet with skin between the toes), a short…. Learn more.
Duck definition: any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.. See examples of DUCK used in a sentence.
DUCK meaning: 1. a bird that lives by water and has webbed feet (= feet with skin between the toes), a short…. Learn more.
1. To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something: ducked his head as the ball came toward him. 2. To evade; dodge: duck responsibility; ducked the reporter's question. 3. To push (a person, for example) suddenly under water. 4. In bridge, to deliberately play a card that is lower than (an opponent's card). v.intr. 1.
The word duck comes from Old English dūce 'diver', a derivative of the verb *dūcan 'to duck, bend down low as if to get under something, or dive', because of the way many species in the dabbling duck group feed by upending; compare with Dutch duiken and German tauchen 'to dive'.
A duck is a bird that spends much of its life on or near water. You can sometimes see whole families of ducks paddling across lakes and ponds. Ducks can be wild or domesticated — if you keep ducks in your yard, you'll need to provide them with at least a small body of water.
duck. [countable] a common bird that lives on or near water and has short legs, webbed feet (= feet with thin pieces of skin between the toes) and a wide beak. There are many types of duck, some of which are kept for their meat or eggs.
DUCK definition: 1. a bird with short legs that lives in or near water, or the meat from this bird 2. to move your…. Learn more.
duck. (pl. ducks or duck) [countable] a common bird that lives on or near water and has short legs, webbed feet (= feet with thin pieces of skin between the toes), and a wide beak.
