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Noun duck has 4 senses
- duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
--1 is a kind of anseriform bird
--1 is a member of Anatidae, family Anatidae
--1 has part: duck down; duck
--1 has particulars: | drake; quack-quack; duckling; diving duck; dabbling duck, dabbler; mallard, Anas platyrhynchos; black duck, Anas rubripes; teal; widgeon, wigeon, Anas penelope; shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata; pintail, pin-tailed duck, Anas acuta; sheldrake; ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis; bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola; goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula; canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineria; pochard, Aythya ferina; redhead, Aythya americana; scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill; wild duck; wood duck, summer duck, wood widgeon, Aix sponsa; mandarin duck, Aix galericulata; muscovy duck, musk duck, Cairina moschata; sea duck |
- duck, duck's egg - (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
--2 is a kind of score
- duck - flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
--3 is a kind of poultry
--3 is a part of duck
--3 has particulars: duckling
- duck - a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
--4 is a kind of fabric, cloth, material, textile
Verb duck has 4 senses
- duck - to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
--1 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- duck - submerge or plunge suddenly
--2 is one way to dive, plunge, plunk
Sample sentence:
The airplane is sure to duck
- dip, douse, duck - dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
--3 is one way to dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep - 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"
--4 is one way to avoid
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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