Meaning of duck | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
2. An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
   countable, uncountable
3. To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something
4. A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
   countable, uncountable
5. A term of endearment; pet; darling.
6. A surname transferred from the nickname.
7. A score of zero by a batsman who has lost a wicket.
8. To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw
9. Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
   countable, uncountable
10. Trousers made of such material.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
11. Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
    Midlands
12. A town in North Carolina.
13. The act of swimming:dip, dunk, plunge, swim.
14. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid
15. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
16. a baby duck. eendjie فَرْخ بَط патенце patinho kachňátko das Entlein ælling παπάκιpatito pardipoeg جوجه اردک ankanpoikanen caneton, canette אֶפרוֹח שֶׁל בָּרווָז बत्तख का बच्चा pače kiskacsa anak itik andarungi anatroccolo 子鴨 오리새끼 ančiukas pīlēns anak itik eendjeandunge kaczątko د هيلى بچى patinho răţuşcă утёнок kačiatko račka pače ank-, andunge เป็ดตัวเล็ก ๆ ördek yavrusu 雛鴨 каченя بطخ کا چوزہ vịt con 雏鸭
17. To bow
18. A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (Short for duck's egg.)
    countable, uncountable
19. Ellipsis of architectural duck
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
20. ánade, pato.
21. To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility
22. A playing card with the rank of two.
    countable, slang, uncountable
23. Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.
24. Ellipsis of architectural duck; a building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
25. A female duck.
26. A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
    countable, uncountable
27. The flesh of a duck used as food.
28. A cairn used to mark a trail.
    US, countable, uncountable
29. Slang A person, especially one thought of as peculiar.
    Slang
30. One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
    countable, uncountable
31. often ducks(used with a sing. verb) Chiefly British A dear.
32. Synonym of lame duck (“one who cannot fulfil their contracts”).
    countable, dated, slang, uncountable
33. To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something: ducked his head as the ball came toward him.
34. A long-necked medical urinal for men; a bed urinal.
    countable, uncountable
35. A faggot; a meatball made from offal.
    UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
36. Synonym of bitch (“a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison”).
    US, countable, slang, uncountable

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Examples

“Matsumoto Castle exhibits the architecture of both war and peace, from its steep wooden stairs, hidden inner levels and archer’s perches to the moon-viewing room added in 1630, which also offers a vantage point for viewing the brocaded carps and ducks residing in the castle moat.”

“The payment processor’s layoffs and the curious incident of the duck were first reported by Business Insider.”

“A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.”

“The Big Duck has influenced the world of architecture; any building that is shaped like its product is called a ‘duck’.”

“Love them or hate them, ducks have a light-hearted presence in our architectural history.”

“Today, “ducks” continue to crop up across America and beyond, but they are no longer relegated to strips and roadsides alone; in many cases, they’ve entered the tight-knit landscape of cities ...”

“In Las Vegas, Ducks thrive because resorts often transform themselves into oversized symbols of the fantasy they promise.”

“The more passive males are subjected to physical violence. I was subjected to being what they call a punk or a duck, which is someone else's power trip, that's all.”

“He was dressed in a Jaeger vest—a pair of blue duck trousers, fastened round the waist with a plaited leather belt.”

“And they would go up and find old Allington, in white ducks, standing in the fringe of long grasses and cow-parsley on the other edge of the island, looking to his poultry or his rabbits.”

“A native servant emerged, anonymous in his white ducks and red fez, to say My Player was wanted on the telephone.”

“[…]and hold-faſt is the onely Dogge: My Ducke[…]”

“Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?”

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