Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb duck
1 of 4 senses of duck
Sense 4
hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> quibble
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb duck
1 of 4 senses of duck
Sense 4
hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> quibble
Entailment of verb duck
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb duck
4 senses of duck
Sense 1
duck
=> move
Sense 2
duck
=> dive, plunge, plunk
Sense 3
dip, douse, duck
=> dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
Sense 4
hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> avoid
Familiarity of verb duck
duck used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb duck
Sense 1
duck
=> move
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Sense 2
duck
=> dive, plunge, plunk
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Sense 3
dip, douse, duck
=> dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
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Sense 4
hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> avoid
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Grep of noun ducks
ducks and drakes
Grep of noun duck
black duck
canvasback duck
cold duck
dabbling duck
diving duck
donald duck
duck
duck's egg
duck-billed dinosaur
duck-billed platypus
duck down
duck hunter
duck hunting
duck pate
duck sauce
duck shot
duck soup
duckbill
duckbilled platypus
duckboard
ducking
ducking stool
duckling
duckpin
duckpins
ducks and drakes
duckweed
duckweed family
ducky
eider duck
fish duck
geoduck
lake duck
lame duck
lesser scaup duck
mandarin duck
muscovy duck
musk duck
pin-tailed duck
queer duck
ruddy duck
scaup duck
sea duck
shelduck
sitting duck
summer duck
wild duck
wood duck
Overview of noun duck
The noun duck has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) duck -- (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
2. duck, duck's egg -- ((in cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman)
3. duck -- (flesh of a duck (domestic or wild))
4. duck -- (a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents)
Overview of verb duck
The verb duck has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (10) duck -- (to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away: "Before he could duck, another stone struck him.")
2. (3) duck -- (submerge or plunge suddenly)
3. dip, douse, duck -- (dip into a liquid: "He dipped into the pool")
4. hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue")
Overview of noun duck
The noun duck has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) duck -- (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
2. duck, duck's egg -- ((in cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman)
3. duck -- (flesh of a duck (domestic or wild))
4. duck -- (a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents)
Overview of verb duck
The verb duck has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (10) duck -- (to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away: "Before he could duck, another stone struck him.")
2. (3) duck -- (submerge or plunge suddenly)
3. dip, douse, duck -- (dip into a liquid: "He dipped into the pool")
4. hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue")
ducks definition
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