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verb (used without object)
1.
to stoop or bend suddenly; bob.
2.
to avoid or evade a blow, unpleasant task, etc.; dodge.
3.
to plunge the whole body or the head momentarily under water.
4.
Cards Informal. to play a card lower than the card led.
verb (used with object)
5.
to lower suddenly: Duck your head going through that low doorway.
6.
to avoid or evade (a blow, unpleasant task, etc.); dodge: to duck a hard right; to duck an embarrassing question.
7.
to plunge or dip in water momentarily.
8.
Cards Informal. to play a card lower than (the card led).
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Ducking
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noun
9.
an act or instance of ducking.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English duken, douken; cognate with German tauchen to dive, ducken to duck
1250–1300; Middle English duken, douken; cognate with German tauchen to dive, ducken to duck
Synonyms
1. bow, dodge. 3. dive, dip, souse.
1. bow, dodge. 3. dive, dip, souse.
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Word Origin & History
duck
"to plunge into" (trans.), c.1300; to suddenly go under water (intrans.), mid-14c., from presumed O.E. *ducan "to duck," found only in derivative duce (n.) "duck" (but there are cognate words in other Germanic languages, cf. Ger. tauchen "to dive"), from P.Gmc. *dukjan. Sense of "bend, stoop quickly"
EXPANDis first recorded in English 1520s. Related: Ducked; ducking.
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