duck
To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
Verb 4 meanings
To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
To bow.
Noun 4 meanings
A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
Any of certain aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, distinguished from swans and geese by generally being smaller and shorter-necked.
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
The flesh of a duck used as food.
Etymology
From Middle English ducken, duken, douken (“to duck, plunge under water, submerge”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną (“to dip, dive, bend down, stoop, duck”).
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DUCK at a glance
DUCK has 4 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (D 2 + U 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,941 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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