duck

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /dʌk/

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Noun

Singular duck

Plural ducks

A pair of mandarin ducks

A duck

1. A duck is a bird that swims and says "quack!". It has a flat bill and webbed feet.

   We saw three ducks in the park lake.

   Sound of ducks:

2. (uncountable) Duck refers to the meat that comes from a duck.

   We just had duck for dinner.

3. (sports) In a game of cricket, if a person scores duck, they scored zero runs.

Verb

Plain form duck

Third-person singular ducks

Past tense ducked

Past participle ducked

Present participle ducking

1. (intransitive) If you duck, you lower your head so that you do not get hit by something.

   Remember to duck when the boat goes under the bridge.

2. (transitive) When you duck a task, you avoid doing it.
   • Synonym: evade