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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | duck's egg |
| Type of | score |
duck::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | anseriform bird |
| Has types | cairina moschata, canvasback, canvasback duck, dabbler, dabbling duck, dipper, diving duck, drake, duckling, goldeneye, mallard, mandarin duck, muscovy duck, musk duck, oxyura jamaicensis, pin-tailed duck, pintail, pochard, aix galericulata, redhead, ruddy duck, scaup, scaup duck, sea duck, sheldrake, shoveler, shoveller, summer duck, teal, whistler, widgeon, wigeon, wild duck, wood duck, wood widgeon, quack-quack, aix sponsa, anas acuta, anas clypeata, anas penelope, anas platyrhynchos, anas rubripes, aythya americana, aythya ferina, aythya valisineria, black duck, bluebill, broadbill, bucephela albeola, bucephela clangula, bufflehead, butterball |
| Derivation | duckling |
duck::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | move |
Before he could duck, another stone struck him.
Examples of duck
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Castano stressed that his organization is not trying to duck its responsibility.
From the usatoday.com
Fisher became a lame-duck coach, which is the worst situation a coach can be in.
From the chron.com
Charley Heiges used to work for a company that manufactured duck hunting decoys.
From the abcnews.go.com
In Tijuana, schoolchildren get lessons on how to duck during gangland shootouts.
From the latimes.com
He loved duck hunting with friends and annual family vacations at Stinson Beach.
From the sacbee.com
One, filled with ginger soy-braised duck confit, certainly strays from the norm.
From the dailyherald.com
With his approval ratings at record lows, has there ever been a lamer lame duck?
From the time.com
Still, for Hales anything was better than his duck on his T20 debut for England.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The roasted duck rice plate features about a quarter of a meaty 5-pound quacker.
From the sfgate.com
- Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
- To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
- (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
- Submerge or plunge suddenly
- Dip: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
- Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
- Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds. The ducks are divided between several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered ducks. ...
- The DUKW (popularly pronounced "duck") is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by General Motors Corporation during World War II for transporting goods and troops over land and water and for use approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious attacks.
- This is a list of episodes of the American animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, which was created by Maxwell Atoms, and which originally aired on Cartoon Network from August 24, 2001 to November 11, 2007.
