Definition of Duck

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Definition of Duck

Duck

A pet; a darling.

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.

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

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

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

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

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

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae.

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

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Duck Quotations

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
Orson Welles

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.
Bono

The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck.
Walter Cronkite

Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.
Ken Blanchard

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.
Douglas Adams

So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red.
Tim Vine

It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I'd been living as a pop star. I was in a different mood.
Cat Stevens

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
Jules Renard

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"
George Will

Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.
Billie Holiday

Duck Translations

duck in Afrikaans is eend
duck in Danish is and
duck in Dutch is eend
duck in Finnish is sorsa
duck in French is cane, canard
duck in German is Ente
duck in Norwegian is and, dukke
duck in Portuguese is pato
duck in Spanish is pato
duck in Swedish is and, ducka, anka

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