duck

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
2. (transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
3. (intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
4. (intransitive) To bow.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.
6. (transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
7. (colloquial, intransitive) To enter a place for a short moment.

Noun

A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
2. (countable, uncountable) Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
3. (uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.
4. (countable, uncountable) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (Short for duck's egg.)
5. (countable, slang, uncountable) A playing card with the rank of two.
6. (countable, uncountable) A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
7. (countable, uncountable) A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
8. (US, countable, uncountable) A cairn used to mark a trail.
9. (countable, uncountable) One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
10. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) Synonym of lame duck (“one who cannot fulfil their contracts”).
11. (countable, uncountable) A long-necked medical urinal for men; a bed urinal.
12. (UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A faggot; a meatball made from offal.
13. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) Synonym of bitch (“a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison”).

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Trousers made of such material.

Noun

1. A term of endearment; pet; darling.
2. (Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

Conceptes

ànec

🦆

evitar

ánec

eludir

esquivar

evadir

defugir

ornamentar

capbussar-se

tirar-se de cap

desaparèixer

cabussar-se

Sinònims

dodge

evade

dive

elude

sidestep

dip

avoid

circumvent

goose

🪿

immerse

steer clear of

canvas

shirk

drake

douse

avert

plunge

souse

stoop

duck’s egg

wild duck

dunk

duckling

lean

bow

🙇

hedge

sailcloth

musk duck

dive down

dabble

black duck

submerge

yield

shrink back

whistler

fudge

swan

🦢

bob up and down

sop

skirt

ducks

canard

parry

burlap

put off

diving

defaulter

bounce

decorate

bird

🐦

Traduccions

canard

🦆

pato

🦆

Ente

🦆

anatra

🦆

pato

🦆

eend

🦆

πάπια

cane

🦆

anas

🦆

ördek

🦆

ánade

🦆

بطة

🦆

anitra

pata

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dʌk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: ducken

Cognat amb anglès antic: *dūcan

Cognat amb escocès: dulk

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: ducken

Cognat amb baix alemany: ducken

Cognat amb alemany: ducken

Cognat amb danès: dukke

Cognat amb escocès: dook

Cognat amb frisó occidental: dûke

Cognat amb neerlandès: duiken

Cognat amb baix alemany: duken

Cognat amb alemany: tauchen

Cognat amb suec: dyka

Heretat de anglès mitjà: doke

Heretat de anglès antic: duce

Cognat amb escocès: duik

Cognat amb danès: dukand

Cognat amb suec: dykfågel

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: duycker

Cognat amb baix alemany: düker

Cognat amb alemany: Tuch

Cognat amb suec: duk

Cognat amb islandès: dúkur

Cognat amb suec: docka

In summary

From Middle English ducken, duken, douken (“to duck, plunge under water, submerge”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną (“to dip, dive, bend down, stoop, duck”).
Cognates
Related to Scots dulk (“to duck”), Middle Dutch ducken (“to duck”), Low German ducken (“to duck”), German ducken (“to duck”), Danish dukke, dykke (“to dive”). Related also to Scots dook, douk (“to bathe, drench, soak, baptise”), West Frisian dûke (“to plunge, dive”), Dutch duiken (“to dive, plunge, duck”), Low German duken (“to duck, dive, stoop”), German tauchen (“to dive, plunge, immerse, duck”), Swedish dyka (“to dive, submerge”).

Frases

My advice is duck and cross with your right .

For the state bird , the white-winged wood duck , Assam is a globally important area .