duck
Pronunciation
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- A duck is a bird that swims and says "quack!". It has a flat bill and webbed feet.
- We saw three ducks in the park lake.
- Sound of ducks:
- (uncountable) Duck refers to the meat that comes from a duck.
- We just had duck for dinner.
- (sports) In a game of cricket, if a person scores duck, they scored zero runs.
Verb
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- (intransitive) If you duck, you lower your head so that you do not get hit by something.
- Remember to duck when the boat goes under the bridge.
- (transitive) When you duck a task, you avoid doing it.
- Synonym: evade