duck in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
duck in Hindi हिन्दी
duck in Sindhi سنڌي
duck in English
- duck⇄adj. ducklike.
- duck⇄duck (1), noun, pl.ducksor (collectively)duck.
1. any one of numerous wild or tame swimming birds with a broad, flat bill, short neck, short legs, and webbed feet. Ducks are very often kept to use as food or for their eggs. They belong to the same f - duck⇄duck (2), verb, noun.
- duck⇄duck (3), noun.
a strong cotton or linen cloth with a lighter and finer weave than ordinary canvas. Duck is used to make small sails, tarpaulins, tents, and clothes for sailors or for people living in hot climates.
Ex. Mount Vernon has six mil - duck⇄duck (4), noun.
an amphibious truck with a watertight body so that it may move through the water like a boat.
Ex. Swarms of helicopters and Army amphibious ""ducks"" were pressed into action (Time). - duck⇄expr. ducks, (Informal.) trousers made of duck.
Ex. Solly puts six thousand dollars in century bills in one pocket of his brown ducks (O. Henry). - duck⇄expr. like water off a duck's back. See under water.
- duck⇄noun 1. a sudden plunge or dip under water and out again.
2. a sudden lowering of the head or bending of the body to keep from being hit or seen; a rapid, jerky bow or dodging motion.
Ex. The ducks and nods which weak minds pay to rank (Char - duck⇄v.i. 1. to plunge or dip the head or the whole body under water and come up quickly, as a duck does.
2. to lower the head or bend the body quickly to keep from being hit or seen.
Ex. She ducked to avoid a low branch.
3. (Figurative.) - duck⇄v.t. 1. to plunge or dip in water momentarily.
Ex. We ... always ""ducked"" the boy that told (James Whitcomb Riley).
2. to lower (the head) or bend (the body) suddenly and momentarily; jerk down.
3. (Informal.) to get or keep away fr