DUCK

Get Babylon's Translation Software! Free Download Now!
Babylon 8 - Your all-in-one solution
Award winning translation software trusted by millions. Translate from any language to any language.
View Demo


BabylonEnglish English dictionaryDownload this dictionary
duck
v. thrust under water, dunk, immerse; crouch, stoop, dodge
 
n. type of swimming bird; score of zero; sweetheart, love (term of endearment); bending over


Wikipedia English The Free EncyclopediaDownload this dictionary
Duck
For duck as a food, see Duck (food); for other meanings, see Duck (disambiguation). Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds. The ducks are divided between several subfamilies listed in full in the Anatidae article. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than their relatives the swans and geese, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
 
List of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episodes

This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

WordNet 2.0 DictionaryDownload this dictionary
duck
Noun
1. small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
(hypernym) anseriform bird
(hyponym) drake
(member-holonym) Anatidae, family Anatidae
(part-meronym) duck down
2. (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
(synonym) duck's egg
(hypernym) score
(classification) cricket
3. flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
(hypernym) poultry
(hyponym) duckling
4. a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
Verb
1. to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
(hypernym) move
2. submerge or plunge suddenly
(hypernym) dive, plunge, plunk
(derivation) submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
3. dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
(synonym) dip, douse
(hypernym) dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
(derivation) submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
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"
(synonym) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, sidestep
(hypernym) avoid
(hyponym) quibble


BabylonGerman English dictionaryDownload this dictionary
ducken
v. duck, stoop, humiliate, shame, mortify, lower someone's pride; submit, crouch, yield

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Duck
(v. t.)
To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
  
 
(v. t.)
To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.
  
 
(v. t.)
To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
  
 
(v. t.)
Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae.
  
 
(v. t.)
A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
  
 
(v. i.)
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.
  
 
(v. i.)
To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.
  
 
(n.)
The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.
  
 
(n.)
A pet; a darling.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About

Define DUCK

Translate DUCK





DUCK in Chinese | | DUCK in French | DUCK in Italian | DUCK in Spanish | DUCK in Dutch | DUCK in Portuguese | DUCK in German | DUCK in Russian | DUCK in Japanese | DUCK in Greek | DUCK in Korean | DUCK in Turkish | DUCK in Hebrew | DUCK in Arabic | DUCK in Croatian | DUCK in Serbian | DUCK in Swedish