duck

  • 51duck — The extra treat for those who sit through the entire showing of credits at the end of a movie, the first notable example of which followed the movie Young Doctors In Love where the duck which had been seen sporadically throughout the movie made… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 52duck — The extra treat for those who sit through the entire showing of credits at the end of a movie, the first notable example of which followed the movie Young Doctors In Love where the duck which had been seen sporadically throughout the movie made… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 53duck — 1) duck egg n a score of nil or zero in sport, especially cricket. The term is at least a century old and derives from the resemblance between the written or printed 0 and the egg. 2) n American an unattractive female. The term, which may be… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 54duck —   1. Bird. Kakā (domesticated); pīwai (wild);    ♦ Hawaiian duck, koloa, koloa maoli;    ♦ pintail duck, koloa māpu.   2. To plunge or bow. Alu, luma i, lu u …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 55duck —  1. n. No score (in cricket), make or score a duck( s egg) Score no runs.  2. v. Evade (usu. a responsibility)  3. Term of endearment. Also ducky, ducks.  4. lame duck Casualty. Person unable to help himself. Person needing assistance, e.g. from… …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 56Duck — This unusual and interesting surname is of medieval Scottish origin, and is a variant form of Doig, itself an Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic MacGille Doig , son of the devotee of Dog , a foreshortened form of the saint s name Cadog. St. Cadog… …

    Surnames reference

  • 57duck — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. nod, bob; dodge, avoid, elude; dip, immerse, plunge. n. drake. See avoidance, water, birds. II (Roget s IV) n. Types and breeds of ducks include: freshwater, sea, gadwall, garganey, shoveler,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 58Duck — In and around Leeds you will find older people might call you duck in the same way that they might call you love or dear in other places. Usually pronounced more like dook , which rhymes with book …

    The American's guide to speaking British

  • 59duck — n A snobbish, a conceited female. I can t stand that duck; I don t care how much money her dad has. 1990s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 60duck n — Bank: Duck! has got a hand gun! Ka Wack. see picture ducky adj, pianist n …

    English expressions