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[noun] a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
[noun] flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
[noun] (in cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
[verb] avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
[verb] to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him."
[verb] submerge or plunge suddenly
[verb] dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
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\Duck\, n. [D. doek cloth, canvas, or Icel. d[=u]kr cloth; akin to OHG. tuoh, G. tuch, Sw. duk, Dan. dug.] 1. A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing. 2. (Naut.) pl. The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. [Colloq.]
\Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ducked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ducking}.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. t?hhan, MHG. tucken, t["u]cken, t?chen, G. tuchen. Cf. 5th {Duck}.] 1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. --Fielding. 2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. 3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. `` Will duck his head aside.'' --Swift.
\Duck\ (d[u^]k), v. i. 1. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip. In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day. --Dryden. 2. To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow. The learned pate Ducks to the golden fool. --Shak.
\Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[ae]}, family {Anatid[ae]}. Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. {Bombay duck} (Zo["o]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}. {Buffel duck}, or {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}. {Duck ant} (Zo["o]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. {Duck barnacle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Goose barnacle}. {Duck hawk}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. {Duck mole} (Zo["o]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus}, {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}. {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets
Synonyms for duck
circumvent, dip, dodge, douse, duck's egg, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt
See also: Anas clypeata | Anas penelope | Anatidae | black duck | broadbill | Bucephela clangula | butterball | dabbling duck | dipper | dive | drake | duck | duckling | goldeneye | material | Oxyura jamaicensis | pin-tailed duck | plunge | plunk | summer duck | teal | textile | whistler | wild duck | wood widgeon |
Related terms: avoidance, babe, baby, barn-door fowl, bastard, body, caneton, chicken, curtsy, deary, ducking, flow on, game loser, genuflection, getting around, honey child, human being, immersion, lambkin, precious heart, pullback, reverence, rooster, salaam, sidestep, snookums, spring chicken, submersion, tellurian, tom turkey
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Let's analyse "duck" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: KCUD. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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duck: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three. |
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