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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
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
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