| Duck |
n. |
A pet; a darling. |
| Duck |
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. |
| Duck |
n. |
The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. |
| Duck |
v. t. |
To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. |
| Duck |
v. t. |
To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. |
| Duck |
v. t. |
To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. |
| 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. |
| Duck |
v. i. |
To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow. |
| Duck |
v. t. |
Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae. |
| Duck |
v. t. |
A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. |
| Duck's-bill |
a. |
Having the form of a duck's bill. |
| Duck's-foot |
n. |
The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). |
| Duck's-meat |
n. |
Duckweed. |
| Duck-billed |
a. |
Having a bill like that of a duck. |
| Duck-legged |
a. |
Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged. |
| Duckbill |
n. |
See Duck mole, under Duck, n. |
| Ducked |
imp. & p. p. |
of Duck |
| Ducker |
n. |
One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver. |
| Ducker |
n. |
A cringing, servile person; a fawner. |
| Ducking |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Duck |
| Ducking |
|
n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i. |
| Duckling |
n. |
A young or little duck. |
| Duckmeat |
n. |
Alt. of Duck's-meat |
| Duckweed |
n. |
A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks;
called also duckmeat. |
