1. Any of various wild or domesticated swimming birds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad, flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.
2. A female duck.
3. The flesh of a duck used as food.
4. Slang A person, especially one thought of as peculiar.
5. Chiefly British A dear. Often used in the plural with a singular verb.
[Middle English doke, from Old English dce, possibly from *dcan, to dive; see duck2.]
duck 2(dk)
v.ducked, duck·ing, ducks
v.tr.
1. To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something: ducked his head as the ball came toward him.
2. To evade; dodge: duck responsibility; ducked the reporters question.
3. To push suddenly under water. See Synonyms at dip.
4. Games To deliberately play a card that is lower than (an opponents card).
v.intr.
1. 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 ones family.
5. Games To lose a trick by deliberately playing lower than ones opponent.
n.
1. A quick lowering of the head or body.
2. A plunge into water.
[Middle English douken, to dive, possibly from Old English *dcan; akin to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch dken.]
ducker n.
duck 3(dk)
n.
1. A durable, closely woven heavy cotton or linen fabric.
2. ducks Clothing made of duck, especially white trousers.
[Dutch doek, cloth, from Middle Dutch doec.]
duck 4(dk)
n. In both senses also called DUKW.
1. An amphibious military truck used during World War II.
2. An amphibious truck used in emergencies, as to evacuate flood victims.
duck /dk/ n.1 any of a variety of water birds with short, plump bodies, rounded beaks, and webbed feet: There are mallard ducks nesting in the pond nearby.2lame duck: in the USA, a political official soon to leave office: If he is not reelected in November, the President will be a lame duck and have little influence during the rest of his term. v.1 [I;T] to lower (ones head or body) quickly to avoid being hit by s.t.: The tall man ducked his head to avoid a low tree branch.2 phrasal v.insep. [T] to duck out (of) s.t.: to leave hurriedly and unnoticed: She ducked out the back door before the meeting began.3 phrasal v.insep. [T] to duck s.o.:infrml. to avoid contact with s.o.: I keep trying to make an appointment to see him, but he has been ducking me.
Thesaurus: duck v. 1 to bend over, dodge, stoop 2 to escape, sneak out.
k/ n. 1 any of a variety of water birds with short, plump bodies, rounded beaks, and webbed feet: There are mallard ducks nesting in the pond nearby. 2 lame duck: in the USA, a political official soon to leave office: If he is not reelected in November, the President will be a lame duck and have little influence during the rest of his term. 
v. 1 [I;T] to lower (ones head or body) quickly to avoid being hit by s.t.: The tall man ducked his head to avoid a low tree branch. 2 phrasal v. insep. [T] to duck out (of) s.t.: to leave hurriedly and unnoticed: She ducked out the back door before the meeting began. 3 phrasal v. insep. [T] to duck s.o.: infrml. to avoid contact with s.o.: I keep trying to make an appointment to see him, but he has been ducking me.
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