duck

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duck definition


  1. n.
    a male urinal bedpan. (Hospitals.) : Somebody in room 212 needs a duck.
  2. tv.
    to avoid someone or something. : Clare is ducking her responsibility.

  3. Go to deduck. :
  4. n.
    a ticket. (Probably akin to ducats.) : Did you buy the ducks early, or do we have to stand in line?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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duck

In addition to the idioms beginning with duck, also see dead duck; get one's ducks in a row; lame duck; like water off a duck's back; sitting duck; take to (like a duck to water); ugly duckling.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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