Synonyms for
duck
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
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All Definitions for Duck

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1An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
2The flesh of a duck used as food.
3To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
4To lower (something) into water
5To thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
6To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear
7To plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
8To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.
9To bow.
10A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (Short for duck's egg.)
11A playing card with the rank of two.
12To enter a place for a short moment.
13Specifically, an adult female duck
14Contrasted with drake and with duckling.
15A term of endearment
16Pet
17Darling.
18Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
19A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
20Trousers made of such material.
21To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
22A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
23To surreptitiously leave a rubber duck on someone's parked Jeep as an act of kindness (see Jeep ducking).
24Synonym of lame duck (“one who cannot fulfil their contracts”).
25A long-necked medical urinal for men
26A bed urinal.
27Synonym of bitch (“a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison”).
28A cairn used to mark a trail.
29One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
30A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
31A faggot
32A meatball made from offal.
33A surname transferred from the nickname.
34A town in North Carolina.
35An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
36Ellipsis of architectural duck
37A 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.]
38Ellipsis of architectural duck [(architecture) A structure built in the style of duck architecture.]

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