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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: duck

1	n v	small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs submerge or plunge suddenly
2	n	a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
3	n	(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: duck

n small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

Types:: show 37 types...; hide 37 types...; drake
adult male of a wild or domestic duck; quack-quack
child's word for a duck; duckling
young duck; diving duck
any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food; dabbler, dabbling duck
any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling; Anas platyrhynchos, mallard
wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed; Anas rubripes, black duck
a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada; teal
any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America; Anas penelope, widgeon, wigeon
freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals; Anas clypeata, broadbill, shoveler, shoveller
freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill; Anas acuta, pin-tailed duck, pintail
long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers; sheldrake
Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill; Oxyura jamaicensis, ruddy duck
reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America; Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball, dipper
small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage; Bucephela clangula, goldeneye, whistler
large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions; Aythya valisineria, canvasback, canvasback duck
North American wild duck valued for sport and food; Aythya ferina, pochard
heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head; Aythya americana, redhead
North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head; bluebill, broadbill, scaup, scaup duck
diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill; wild duck
an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard); Aix sponsa, summer duck, wood duck, wood widgeon
showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees; Aix galericulata, mandarin duck
showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated; Cairina moschata, muscovy duck, musk duck
large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated; sea duck
any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser; Anas crecca, green-winged teal, greenwing
common teal of Eurasia and North America; Anas discors, blue-winged teal, bluewing
American teal; Anas querquedula, garganey
small Eurasian teal; American widgeon, Anas americana, baldpate
a widgeon the male of which has a white crown; shelduck
female sheldrake; Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
North American goldeneye diving duck; Aythya marila, greater scaup
large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male; Aythya affinis, lake duck, lesser scaup, lesser scaup duck
common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads; wood drake
male wood duck; eider, eider duck
duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females; scooter, scoter
large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere; Clangula hyemalis, old squaw, oldwife
a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States; fish duck, merganser, sawbill, sheldrake
large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges

Type of:: anseriform bird
chiefly web-footed swimming birds

n flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

Types:: duckling
flesh of a young domestic duck

Type of:: poultry
flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food

v submerge or plunge suddenly

Type of:: dive, plunge, plunk
drop steeply

v dip into a liquid

Synonyms:: dip, douse

Type of:: dip, douse, dunk, plunge, souse
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

v to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

“Before he could duck, another stone struck him”

Type of:: move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Synonyms:: circumvent, dodge, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt

Types:: beg
dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; quibble
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

Type of:: avoid
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

n a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

Type of:: cloth, fabric, material, textile
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

n (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Synonyms:: duck's egg

Type of:: score
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest

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