duck
31duck — I. /dʌk / (say duk) noun (plural ducks, duck) 1. any of numerous wild or domesticated aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterised by a broad, flat bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a squat… …
32duck — duck1 [ dʌk ] noun ** 1. ) count a water bird with short legs, WEBBED feet (=with skin between the toes), and a large flat beak a ) a female duck. The male is called a drake. b ) uncount the meat of a duck: roast duck c ) only before noun… …
33duck — {{11}}duck (n.1) waterfowl, O.E. duce (found only in gen. ducan) a duck, lit. a ducker, presumed to be from O.E. *ducan to duck, dive (see DUCK (Cf. duck) (v.)), replaced O.E. ened as the name for the bird, this being from PIE *aneti , the root… …
34duck — I n. 1) duck s quack; waddle 2) a young duck is a duckling 3) a male duck is a drake 4) (misc.) to take to like a duck takes to water ( to adapt to smt. quickly and easily ) II v. 1) (d; intr.) ( to move quickly ) to duck into (we ducked into the …
35duck — 1 noun 1 BIRD (C) a very common water bird with short legs and a wide beak that is used for its meat, eggs, and soft feathers 2 FEMALE BIRD (C) a female duck 3 MEAT (U) the meat of this bird used as food: roast duck with orange sauce 4 take to… …
36duck — Popular terms of endearment since at least the seventeenth century. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nick Bottom as Pyramus utters his famous ‘O dainty duck! O dear!’ to Thisbe, otherwise Flute. There is a less well known Shakespearean use of… …
37duck — 1. n. (pl. same or ducks) 1 a any of various swimming birds of the family Anatidae, esp. the domesticated form of the mallard or wild duck. b the female of this (opp. DRAKE). c the flesh of a duck as food. 2 Cricket (in full duck s egg) the score …
38duck — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ wild ▪ long tailed, mallard, etc. ▪ plastic, rubber ▪ A rubber duck floated in the bath …
39duck — duck1 noun (plural same or ducks) 1》 a waterbird with a broad, blunt bill, short legs, and webbed feet, some kinds of which are domesticated. [Family Anatidae: many species.] ↘a female duck. Contrasted with drake. 2》 a pure white thin shelled …
40duck — I. noun (plural ducks) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English duk, doke, from Old English dūce Date: before 12th century 1. or plural duck a. any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs… …
