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Duck

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Meaning

Verb

●
In Poultry:
To
lower the
or body, often in order to
it from being
by something.
●
In Poultry:
To
lower (the
or body), often in order to
it from being
by something.
●
To lower (something) into water; to
or
under
and
withdraw.
●
To
the
of water and
; to
into water or other liquid.
●
To bow.
●
To
doing something.
●
To lower the
of (a
) so that other
in the
can be
more clearly.
●
To
a place for a
moment.

Noun

●
In Caving:
A
water with low, or no, airspace.
●
In Poultry:
An
of the family Anatidae, having
and
feet.
●
In Female animals:
Specifically, an
;
with
and with
ling.
●
The
of a
used as food.
●
In Cricket:
A batsman's
of
after
. (
duck's
, since the
"0" is round like an
.)
●
A
with the
of two.
●
A
in the
of an
to which it is related.
●
In Textiles:
A
to be
at with another
(the
) in children's games.
●
In American English:
A
used to
a trail.
●
One of the
used to
a
for the
of
a curve.
●
In Finance & People:
Synonym of
(“one who cannot
their contracts”)
●
In Medicine & Poultry:
A
for
; a
.
●
In British English, Northern England English & Poultry:
A
; a
made from offal.
●
A tightly-woven
used as sailcloth.
●
Trousers
such material.
●
A
;
; darling.
●
In Midlands English, West Midlands English & Ducks:
Dear,
(informal way of
a
or stranger).

Name

●
A
from the nickname.
●
A
in North Carolina.
●
An
in West Virginia.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

duck
English
arrow
doek
Dutch
arrow
doec
Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
douken
Middle English (1100-1500)
duce
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym

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