1. duck

verb. ['ˈdʌk'] to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away.

Rhymes with Duck

• chuck-a-luck
• unstuck
• struck
• kachuck
• canuck
• wnuk
• truck
• stucke
• stuck
• snuck
• smuck
• schmuck
• pluck
• mruk
• kruk
• kruck
• kluck
• gluck
• fluck
• druck
• cluck
• bruck
• amuck
• amok
• zuk
• zuck
• yuk
• yuck
• wruck
• tuck

How do you pronounce duck?

Pronounce duck as dək.

US - How to pronounce duck in American English

UK - How to pronounce duck in British English

Sentences with duck

1. Foreign word
Contrary to what its name suggests, duck sauce does not actually contain any fowl.

2. Noun, singular or mass
However, poultry is more than just chicken — it also includes duck, goose and turkey.

Quotes about duck

1. Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a race of cannibal ducks?""They ate it too,"Will reminisced. "Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.
- Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

2. Just because you call an electric eel a rubber duck doesn't make it a rubber duck, does it? And God help the poor bastard who decides they want to take a bath with the duckie. (Jace Wayland)
- Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

3. Trains are great dirty smoky things,"said Will. "You won't like it."Tessa was unmoved. "I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?""I've never swum naked in the Thames before, but I know I wouldn't like it.""But think how entertaining for sightseers,"said Tessa, and she saw Jem duck his head to hide the quick flash of his grin.
- Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

2. duck-billed

adjective. having a beak resembling that of a duck.

3. duck-billed_dinosaur

noun. any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic.

4. duck

noun. ['ˈdʌk'] small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs.

5. duck

verb. ['ˈdʌk'] submerge or plunge suddenly.

6. duck

verb. ['ˈdʌk'] avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).

7. duck

noun. ['ˈdʌk'] a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents.

8. duck

noun. ['ˈdʌk'] flesh of a duck (domestic or wild).

9. duck

noun. ['ˈdʌk'] (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman.

10. duck

verb. ['ˈdʌk'] dip into a liquid.