Duck

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English

Etymology

Old English duce.

Pronunciation

Noun

A duck with ducklings.
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A duck with ducklings.

duck (plural: ducks)

  1. An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
  2. A female duck.
  3. The flesh of a duck used as food.
  4. (cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)

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Translations

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae (1)
A female duck (2)
The flesh of a duck used as food (3)
  • Finnish: ankka (domestic, usually white)
  • Slovenian: raca f
  • Swedish: and (wild), anka (domesticated)
A batsman's score of zero after getting out (4)
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Intransitive verb

to duck (third-person singular simple present ducks, present participle ducking, simple past ducked, past participle ducked)

  1. To lower the head in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

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Transitive Verb

to duck (third-person singular simple present ducks, present participle ducking, simple past ducked, past participle ducked)

  1. To lower (something) into water.
  2. To lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
  3. To try to evade doing something.

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el:duck fr:duck io:duck it:duck hu:duck pl:duck ru:duck sr:duck fi:duck ta:duck zh:duck

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