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duck
  1. An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
  2. (uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.
  3. (cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
  4. (slang) A playing card with the rank of two.
  5. A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.
  6. A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
  7. A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
  8. (US) A cairn used to mark a trail.
  9. One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “I watched a duck gracefully glide across the pond, effortlessly using its webbed feet to propel itself forward.”
      “No matter what situation I'm in, I've always been kind of an odd duck.”
ducks
  1. (poker) A pair of twos.
  2. (vocative) Dear (used as a pet name).
  3. (nautical) The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Hello ducks, how are you today?”
      “The Lesser Scaup is one of the most abundant diving ducks in the Northwest.”
      “The short list includes gadwalls, wigeons, mallards, shovelers, mottled ducks and pintails.”
duck
  1. A term of endearment; pet; darling.
  2. (Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
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  4. Examples:
    1. “I watched a duck gracefully glide across the pond, effortlessly using its webbed feet to propel itself forward.”
      “No matter what situation I'm in, I've always been kind of an odd duck.”
duck
  1. A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
  2. (plural) Trousers made of such material.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “I watched a duck gracefully glide across the pond, effortlessly using its webbed feet to propel itself forward.”
      “No matter what situation I'm in, I've always been kind of an odd duck.”
ducky
  1. (childish) A duck (aquatic bird), especially a toy rubber duck
  2. A pet name used affectionately.
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ducking
  1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
  2. (countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Such an attitude represents a ducking of responsibility that should not be tolerated in our profession.”
duckman
  1. (dated, rare) Someone (often a man) who raises ducks to produce meat.
duckery
  1. A plantation for ducks.
duckpond
  1. A pond that is populated by ducks.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It stands on low level ground, for it is redeemed out of a duckpond, out of clarty hole.”
      “You tell Mrs. Prichard all about Mrs. marrowbone and the bull in the duckpond.”
      “Our visitor is to sleep in the toolshed, and to wash in the duckpond.”
duckburger
  1. A burger made with duck meat
ducker
  1. One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.
duckhood
  1. The state or quality of being a duck.
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ducker
  1. Alternative form of doucker
duckness
  1. The quality of being a duck.
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ducks
  1. plural of duck
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Hello ducks, how are you today?”
      “The Lesser Scaup is one of the most abundant diving ducks in the Northwest.”
      “The short list includes gadwalls, wigeons, mallards, shovelers, mottled ducks and pintails.”
duckling
  1. A young duck.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The duckling followed its mother across the pond, trailing behind with adorable waddles.”
      “In England the most familiar and excellent combination is roast duckling with apple sauce and peas, a dish of the late spring.”
      “It promised such delights as swordfish, chicken jalfrezi, roast duckling, pasta and vegetarian dishes, to name but a few.”
duckish
  1. (Newfoundland English) dusk
duckies
  1. plural of duckie
  2. plural of ducky
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  4. Examples:
    1. “He would be able to fit right in with all the other chaps admiring prams and nursery mobiles with the duckies and baa-lambs in the metrosexual male department at Myers.”
      “They are often use in children's toys, rubber duckies, teethers, et cetera to soften the plastics.”
      “Heron: Steam Machine is a game about a factory where rubber duckies are being produced by a large steam engine.”
duckburgers
  1. plural of duckburger
ducklings
  1. plural of duckling
  2. Examples:
    1. “Most of you probably view them as benign creatures of great beauty, those wondrous entities into which ugly ducklings grow.”
      “Both horses were ugly ducklings but Best Mate has blossomed into a beautiful specimen of a racehorse.”
      “The ducklings were also shown pictures of a fox baring its teeth, but were less worried when shown a picture of a fox with its mouth closed.”
duckponds
  1. plural of duckpond
duckmen
  1. plural of duckman
duckings
duckeries
  1. plural of duckery
duckers
  1. plural of ducker
  2. Examples:
    1. “A jury took less than half an hour to clear Mark John Duckers of breaching his Sexual Offences Prevention Order.”
      “You will be delighted to know that Bright's vicar on earth John Duckers took much of the stick at Moseley rugby club's autumn supper.”
      “Mr Duckers, from Moseley, has spent all his career in the media, but this is his first book.”
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