Found 3 items, similar to Duck.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: duck bebek, mentok, menyelam
English → English (WordNet) Definition: duck duck n 1: small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs 2: (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman [syn: duck's egg] 3: flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) 4: a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents duck v 1: to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; “Before he could duck, another stone struck him” 2: submerge or plunge suddenly 3: dip into a liquid; “He dipped into the pool” [syn: dip, douse] 4: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); “He dodged the issue”; “she skirted the problem”; “They tend to evade their responsibilities”; “he evaded the questions skillfully” [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, sidestep]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Duck Duck \Duck\ (d[u^]k), v. i. 1. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip. [1913 Webster] In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow. [1913 Webster] The learned pate Ducks to the golden fool. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Duck \Duck\ (d[u^]k), n. [Cf. Dan. dukke, Sw. docka, OHG. doccha, G. docke. Cf. Doxy.] A pet; a darling. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family Anatid[ae]. [1913 Webster] Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former are the common domestic duck (Anas boschas); the wood duck (Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of China (Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America (Cairina moschata). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. [1913 Webster] Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Bombay duck (Zo["o]l.), a fish. See Bummalo. Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck. Duck ant (Zo["o]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. Duck barnacle. (Zo["o]l.) See Goose barnacle. Duck hawk. (Zo["o]l.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. Duck mole (Zo["o]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus, mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole. To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets; hence: To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably. Lame duck. See under Lame. [1913 Webster] Duck \Duck\, n. [D. doek cloth, canvas, or Icel. d[=u]kr cloth; akin to OHG. tuoh, G. tuch, Sw. duk, Dan. dug.] 1. A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) pl. The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Duck \Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ducked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ducking.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. t?hhan, MHG. tucken, t["u]cken, t?chen, G. tuchen. Cf. 5th Duck.] 1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. [1913 Webster] Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. --Fielding. [1913 Webster] 2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. [1913 Webster] 3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. “ Will duck his head aside.” --Swift. [1913 Webster]