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ducks definition
ducks |
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 -------------- 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 -------------- 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