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noun, plural ducks, (especially collectively for 1, 2) duck.
Idiom1.
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.
2.
the female of this bird, as distinguished from the male. Compare drake1.
3.
the flesh of this bird, eaten as food.
4.
Informal. person; individual: He's the queer old duck with the knee-length gaiters and walrus mustache.
5.
EXPANDa playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
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water off a duck's back, something that has little or no effect: Our criticisms of his talk rolled off him like water off a duck's back.
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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).
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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