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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
duck
n 1: small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming
bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
2: (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman [syn: duck,
duck's egg]
3: flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
4: a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and
tents
v 1: to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;
"Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
2: submerge or plunge suddenly
3: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: dip,
douse, duck]
4: 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" [syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry,
elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F.
vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio,
-onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially
those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus
Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the
American widgeon (Anas Americana) are the most important
species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate,
baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and
whitebelly.
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Bald-faced widgeon, or Green-headed widgeon, the American
widgeon.
Black widgeon, the European tufted duck.
Gray widgeon.
(a) The gadwall.
(b) The pintail duck.
Great headed widgeon, the poachard.
Pied widgeon.
(a) The poachard.
(b) The goosander.
Saw-billed widgeon, the merganser.
Sea widgeon. See in the Vocabulary.
Spear widgeon, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.]
Spoonbilled widgeon, the shoveler.
White widgeon, the smew.
Wood widgeon, the wood duck.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Duck \Duck\ (d[u^]k), v. i.
1. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear;
to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to
dip.
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In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day. --Dryden.
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2. To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.
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The learned pate
Ducks to the golden fool. --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Duck \Duck\ (d[u^]k), n. [Cf. Dan. dukke, Sw. docka, OHG.
doccha, G. docke. Cf. Doxy.]
A pet; a darling. --Shak.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Duck \Duck\, n. [D. doek cloth, canvas, or Icel. d[=u]kr cloth;
akin to OHG. tuoh, G. tuch, Sw. duk, Dan. dug.]
1. A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter
than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the
sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.
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2. (Naut.) pl. The light clothes worn by sailors in hot
climates. [Colloq.]
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Duck \Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ducked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ducking.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken,
OHG. t?hhan, MHG. tucken, t["u]cken, t?chen, G. tuchen. Cf.
5th Duck.]
1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and
suddenly withdraw.
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Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice,
leaped out of the tub. --Fielding.
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2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing
it; as, duck the boy.
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3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward
motion. " Will duck his head aside." --Swift.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
Anatid[ae].
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Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
are the common domestic duck (Anas boschas); the wood
duck (Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China (Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America (Cairina moschata). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
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2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
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Here be, without duck or nod,
Other trippings to be trod. --Milton.
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Bombay duck (Zool.), a fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zool.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which
builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zool.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zool.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zool.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it
away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
Lame duck. See under Lame.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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