Dictionary
duck
Meaning
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- To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
- To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
- To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
- To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
- To bow.
- To evade doing something.
- To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
- (colloquial) To enter a place for a short moment.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dʌk/
Cognate with German
ducken
Cognate with Western Frisian
dûke
Cognate with Dutch
duiken
Cognate with German
tauchen
Cognate with German
Tuch
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