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verb
- 1. lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen: "spectators ducked for cover" Similar Opposite
- 2. push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment: "Rufus grabbed him from behind to duck him under the surface" Similar
noun
- 1. a quick lowering of the head.
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DUCK definition: 1. a bird that lives by water and has webbed feet (= feet with skin between the toes), a short…. Learn more.
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 meaning: 1. a bird that lives by water and has webbed feet (= feet with skin between the toes), a short…. Learn more.
To lower the head or body. 2. To move swiftly, especially so as to escape being seen: ducked behind a bush. 3. To submerge the head or body briefly in water. 4. To evade a responsibility or obligation. Often used with out: duck out on one's family. 5. In bridge, to lose a trick by deliberately playing lower than one's opponent. n. 1.
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. the female of this bird, as distinguished from the male.
If you duck, you move your head or the top half of your body quickly downwards to avoid something that might hit you, or to avoid being seen.
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.
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.
[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. Every afternoon they went to the park to feed the ducks. Ducks were quacking noisily on the lake. Extra Examples.
(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.
