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Meanings of duck in English

Portuguese
lona
Spanish
lonetas
Wikidata

Plain woven cotton fabric.

        lona
        Portuguese
        evitar
        Catalan
        evitar

        Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

            evitar
            Catalan
            capbussar-se

            Dip into a liquid.

                  capbussar-se
                  Portuguese
                  pata

                  (Cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman.

                        pata
                        Usage of duck in English
                        1
                        Boissière is on home territory: the south-west of France is duck country.
                        The Guardian
                        2
                        So I am happy that someone has the good sense to duck.
                        Reuters
                        3
                        Kashyap was able to duck under his food cart just in time.
                        Reuters
                        4
                        Enda made light work of his duck paté with port wine sauce.
                        The Irish Times
                        5
                        One of the surgeons in white duck touched her on the arm.
                        Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
                        6
                        Besides, the Pekin duck requirement of crude protein is still not clear.
                        Pubmed
                        7
                        That was no dawn for him; and there was the old duck-gun
                        Lundy's Lane, and Other Poems
                        8
                        However, antibiotic resistance was higher in duck meat isolates than chicken isolates.
                        Pubmed
                        9
                        It's on and off as quickly as possible and duck the showers.
                        The Irish Times
                        10
                        The cat sat down by the hearth, the duck on the well-pole.
                        Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
                        11
                        It is rather more controversial, however, when construed as a rabbit-duck illusion.
                        The Irish Times
                        12
                        They both knew that the duck had paid Sam Gazelle for...special services.
                        Amberville
                        13
                        I splayed my feet duck style to attain the maximum surface area.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        14
                        The UK's culling of the ruddy duck was cited as one example.
                        Independent.ie
                        15
                        The duck recovered enough to quack in a feeble and dubious manner.
                        Foul Play
                        16
                        The opening was just large enough for a person to duck within.
                        Blood and Bone
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                        Translations for duck
                        Spanish
                        lonetas
                        Duck through the time
                        Duck across language varieties
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                        Common
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                        Common
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                        Common
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