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      duck
      noun
      An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
      (uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.
      (cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (Short for duck's egg.)
      (slang) A playing card with the rank of two.
      Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
      A term of endearment; pet; darling.
      (Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
      A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
      (in the plural) Trousers made of such material.
      (caving) A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
      (medicine) A long-necked medical urinal for men; a bed urinal.
      (US, LGBTQ, prison slang) Synonym of bitch (“a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison”).
      (US) A cairn used to mark a trail.
      One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
      A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
      A surname transferred from the nickname.
      A town in North Carolina.
      An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
      Ellipsis of architectural duck; a building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related. [(architecture) A structure built in the style of duck architecture.]
      Ellipsis of architectural duck [(architecture) A structure built in the style of duck architecture.]
      (finance, slang, dated) Synonym of lame duck (“one who cannot fulfil their contracts”).
      (UK, slang, obsolete) A faggot; a meatball made from offal.
      verb
      (transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
      (transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
      (intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
      (transitive, figurative) To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.
      (intransitive) To bow.
      (intransitive, colloquial) To enter a place for a short moment.
      (transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
      (transitive) To surreptitiously leave a rubber duck on someone's parked Jeep as an act of kindness (see Jeep ducking).
      Synonyms for duck
      ducklingngoosenfowlnpheasantnquailnbirdncanardnpigeonnsquabnchickennpoult
      Words related to duck
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