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Duck
Found in thesaurus: anseriform bird, score, poultry, fabric, cloth, material, textile, move, plunk, dive, plunge, douse, souse, dip, dunk, avoid
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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
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Duck
Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the waterfowl family Anatidae, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the family Anatidae; they do not represent a monophyletic group (the group of all descendants of a single common ancestral species) but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered ducks. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than the swans and geese, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water.
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Duck (disambiguation)
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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
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ducken
v.
duck, stoop, humiliate, shame, mortify, lower someone's pride; submit, crouch, yield
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duck
v.
skrčit se; sklonit hlavu; vyhnout se čemu; ponořit/potopit (koho/co)
n.
kachna
