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DUCK, n. [G, L., to weave.] A species of coarse cloth or canvas, used for sails, sacking of beds, &c.

DUCK, n. [from the verb, to duck.]

1. A water fowl, so called from its plunging. There are many species or varieties of the duck, some wild, others tame.

2. An inclination of the head, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

3. A stone thrown obliquely on the water so as to rebound; as in duck and drake.

DUCK, n. A word of endearment or fondness.

DUCK, v.t. [G.]

1. To dip or plunge in water and suddenly withdraw; as, to duck a seamen. It differs from dive, which signifies to plunge ones self, without immediately emerging.

2. To plunge the head in water and immediately withdraw it; as, duck the boy.

3. To bow, stoop or nod.

DUCK, v.i.

1. To plunge into water and immediately withdraw; to dip; to plunge the head in water or other liquid.

In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day.

2. To drop the head suddenly; to bow; to cringe.

Duck with French nods.


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DUCK, n. [G, L., to weave.] A species of coarse cloth or canvas, used for sails, sacking of beds, &c.

DUCK, n. [from the verb, to duck.]

1. A water fowl, so called from its plunging. There are many species or varieties of the duck, some wild, others tame.

2. An inclination of the head, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

3. A stone thrown obliquely on the water so as to rebound; as in duck and drake.

DUCK, n. A word of endearment or fondness.

DUCK, v.t. [G.]

1. To dip or plunge in water and suddenly withdraw; as, to duck a seamen. It differs from dive, which signifies to plunge ones self, without immediately emerging.

2. To plunge the head in water and immediately withdraw it; as, duck the boy.

3. To bow, stoop or nod.

DUCK, v.i.

1. To plunge into water and immediately withdraw; to dip; to plunge the head in water or other liquid.

In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day.

2. To drop the head suddenly; to bow; to cringe.

Duck with French nods.

DUCK, n.1 [Sw. duk, a cloth; Dan. duug; G. tuch; D. doek; allied perhaps to L. toga, and to tego, to cover, or texo, to weave.]

A species of coarse cloth or canvas, used for sails, sacking of beds, &c.


DUCK, n.2 [from the verb, to duck.]

  1. A water fowl, so called from its plunging. There are many species or varieties of the duck, some wild, others tame.
  2. An inclination of the head, resembling the motion of a duck in water. – Milton.
  3. A stone thrown obliquely on the water, so as to rebound; as in duck and drake. – Johnson. DUCK, n3. [Dan. dukke, a baby or puppet.] A word of endearment or fondness. – Shak.

DUCK, v.i.

  1. To plunge into water and immediately withdraw; to dip; to plunge the head in water or other liquid. In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day. – Dryden.
  2. To drop the head suddenly; to bow; to cringe. Duck with French nods. Shak.

DUCK, v.t. [G. ducken, and tauchen; D. duiken, pret. dock, to stoop, dive, plunge. Qu. Sax. theachan, to wash, and its alliance to tingo and dye. Class Dg.]

  1. To dip or plunge in water and suddenly withdraw; as, to duck a seaman. It differs from dive, which signifies to plunge one's self, without immediately emerging.
  2. To plunge the head in water and immediately withdraw it; as, duck the boy.
  3. To bow, stoop, or nod.

Duck
  1. A pet; a darling.

    Shak.
  2. 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.
  3. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

    Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. Fielding.

  4. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

    In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day. Dryden.

  5. Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

    * 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.

  6. The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

    [Colloq.]
  7. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.
  8. To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

    The learned pate
    Ducks to the golden fool.     Shak.

  9. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

    Here be, without duck or nod,
    Other trippings to be trod.     Milton.

    Bombay duck (Zoöl.), a fish. See Bummalo. -- Buffel duck, or Spirit duck. See Buffel duck. -- Duck ant (Zoöl.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. -- Duck barnacle. (Zoöl.) See Goose barnacle. -- Duck hawk. (Zoöl.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. -- Duck mole (Zoöl.), 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.

  10. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

    " Will duck his head aside." Swift.
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Duck

DUCK, noun [G, Latin , to weave.] A species of coarse cloth or canvas, used for sails, sacking of beds, etc.

DUCK, noun [from the verb, to duck ]

1. A water fowl, so called from its plunging. There are many species or varieties of the duck some wild, others tame.

2. An inclination of the head, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

3. A stone thrown obliquely on the water so as to rebound; as in duck and drake.

DUCK, noun A word of endearment or fondness.

DUCK, verb transitive [G.]

1. To dip or plunge in water and suddenly withdraw; as, to duck a seamen. It differs from dive, which signifies to plunge ones self, without immediately emerging.

2. To plunge the head in water and immediately withdraw it; as, duck the boy.

3. To bow, stoop or nod.

DUCK, verb intransitive

1. To plunge into water and immediately withdraw; to dip; to plunge the head in water or other liquid.

In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day.

2. To drop the head suddenly; to bow; to cringe.

DUCK with French nods.

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