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Meaning of 'duck'
Meaning of 'duck' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Duck 
[ 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.
- The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.
2. Duck [ 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.
3. 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.
- To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
- Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae.
- A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
Meaning of 'duck' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. duck [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
- to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
Example in sentence:
- Before he could duck, another stone struck him
Meaning (2):
- dip into a liquid
- dip into a liquid
Example in sentence:
- He dipped into the pool
Meaning (3):
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Example in sentence:
- He dodged the issue;
- he evaded the questions skillfully;
- she skirted the problem;
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
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