duck | (noun) small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs | - |
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(noun) a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents | - |
(noun) flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) | - |
(noun) (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman | Synonyms: duck's egg |
(verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
(verb) to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away | - |
(verb) submerge or plunge suddenly | - |
(verb) dip into a liquid | Synonyms: dip, douse |
duckbill | (adjective) having a beak resembling that of a duck | Synonyms: duck-billed |
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(noun) small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae | Synonyms: duck-billed platypus, duckbilled platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus |
(noun) primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout | Synonyms: paddlefish, Polyodon spathula |
duckboard | (noun) a boardwalk laid across muddy ground | - |
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ducking | (noun) the act of wetting something by submerging it | Synonyms: dousing, immersion, submersion |
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(noun) hunting ducks | Synonyms: duck hunting |
duckling | (noun) young duck | - |
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(noun) flesh of a young domestic duck | - |
duckpin | (noun) a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin | - |
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duckpins | (noun) a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider | - |
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duckweed | (noun) any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds | - |
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ducky | (noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: darling, dearie, deary, favorite, favourite, pet |
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