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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Duck \Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ducked}; p. pr & vb n. {Ducking}.] [OE. duken, douken to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. t?hhan, MHG. tucken, t["u]cken, t?chen, G. tuchen. Cf 5th {Duck}.] 1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. --Fielding. 2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it as duck the boy. 3. To bow; to bob down to move quickly with a downward motion. `` Will duck his head aside.'' --Swift. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ducking \Duck"ing\, n. & a., from {Duck}, v. t. & i. {Ducking stool}, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See {Cucking stool}. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ducking n 1: duck hunting 2: the act of submerging something [syn: {dousing}, {immersion}]
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