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duck

N เนื้อ เป็ด nuan-ped

duck

N เป็ด เป็ด ตัวเมีย drake duckling ped

duck

VI ดำน้ำ ผลุบๆ โผล่ๆ จุ่ม ตัว ลง น้ำ evade elude slip dam-nam

duck

VI บ่ายเบี่ยง ตอบ ไม่ ตรง คำถาม evade hedge beat around the bush confront face bai-biang

duck and dive

SL หนีปัญหา ne-pan-ha

duck down

PHRV หลบ ก้ม ต่ำ อย่างเร็ว rob

duck into

PHRV หลบ ซ่อน อย่างเร็ว rob

duck out

PHRV หลบหนี หลุด รอด จาก rob-ne

duckbill

N สัตว์ พวก ตุ่น ปากเป็ด มี เท้า เป็น พังผืด platypus sad-puag-toon-park-ped-mi-tao-pen-pang-pued

duckbilledplatypus

A ที่ มี ปาก คล้าย เป็ด ti-mi-park-klai-ped

duckboards

N แผ่น กระดาน สำหรับ เดิน ข้าม paen-kra-dan-sam-rab-doen-kam

duckweed

N จอก แห น jok-nan

ducky

A ที่รัก ti-rak

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DUCK

n.[G, L., to weave. ] A species of coarse cloth or canvas, used for sails, sacking of beds, etc.

DUCK

n.[from the verb, to duck. ] 1. A water fowl, so called from its plunging. There are many species or varieties of the duck, some wild, others tame.
2. An inclination of the head, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
3. A stone thrown obliquely on the water so as to rebound; as in duck and drake.

DUCK

n.A word of endearment or fondness.

DUCK

v.t.[G.] 1. To dip or plunge in water and suddenly withdraw; as, to duck a seamen. It differs from dive, which signifies to plunge ones self, without immediately emerging.
2. To plunge the head in water and immediately withdraw it; as, duck the boy.
3. To bow, stoop or nod.

DUCK

v.i. 1. To plunge into water and immediately withdraw; to dip; to plunge the head in water or other liquid.
In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day.
2. To drop the head suddenly; to bow; to cringe.
Duck with French nods.

DUCKED

pp. Plunged; dipped in water.

DUCKER

n.A plunger; a diver; a cringer.

DUCKING

ppr. Plunging; thrusting suddenly into water and withdrawing; dipping.

DUCKING

n.The act of plunging or putting in water and withdrawing. Ducking is a punishment of offenders in France, and among English seamen, it is a penalty to which sailors are subject on passing, for the first time, the equator or tropic.

DUCKING-STOOL

n.A stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied and plunged into water.

DUCK-LEGGED

a.Having short legs, like a duck.

DUCKLING

n.A young duck.

DUCK-MEAT, DUCKS-MEAT

n.A plant, the Lemna, growing in ditches and shallow water, and serving for food for ducks and geese. The starry ducks-meat is the Callitriche.

DUCKOY

DUCKS-FOOT

n.A plant, the Podophyllum; called also May-apple.

DUCK-WEED

n.The same as duck-meat.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DUCK

Duck, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. dukke, Sw. docka, OHG. doccha, G. docke. Cf. Doxy. ]

Defn: A pet; a darling. Shak.

DUCK

Duck, n. Etym: [D. doek cloth, canvas, or Icel. d 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.

2. (Naut. ) pl.

Defn: The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. [Colloq. ]

DUCK

Duck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ducked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ducking. ] Etym: [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. t, MHG. tucken, tücken, t, G. tuchen. Cf. 5th Duck. ]

1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. Fielding.

2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. " Will duck his head aside. Swift.

DUCK

DUCK Duck, 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. In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day. Dryden.

2. To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow. The learned pate Ducks to the golden fool. Shak.

DUCK

Duck, n. Etym: [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]

1. (Zool.)

Defn: Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

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.

2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. Milton. Bombay duck (Zoöl.), a fish. See Bummalo. -- Buffel duck, or Spirit duck. See Buffel duck. -- Duck ant (Zoöl.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. -- Duck barnacle. (Zoöl.) See Goose barnacle. -- Duck hawk. (Zoöl.) (a ) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b ) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. -- Duck mole (Zoöl.), 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.

DUCKBILL

DUCKBILL Duck "bill `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Duck mole, under Duck, n.

DUCK-BILLED

DUCK-BILLED Duck "-billed `, a.

Defn: Having a bill like that of a duck. .

DUCKER

DUCKER Duck "er, n.

1. One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.

2. A cringing, servile person; a fawner.

DUCKING

DUCKING Duck "ing, n. & a.

Defn:, from Duck, v. t. & i. Ducking stool, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See Cucking stool. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century. Blackstone. Chambers.

DUCK-LEGGED

DUCK-LEGGED Duck "-legged `, a.

Defn: Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged. Dryden.

DUCKLING

DUCKLING Duck "ling, n.

Defn: A young or little duck. Gay.

DUCKMEAT; DUCK'S-MEAT

DUCKMEAT; DUCK'S-MEAT Duck "meat `, or Duck's "-meat `, n. (Bot. )

Defn: Duckweed.

DUCK'S-BILL

DUCK'S-BILL Duck's "-bill `, a.

Defn: Having the form of a duck's bill. Duck's-bill limpet (Zoöl.), a limpet of the genus Parmaphorus; -- so named from its shape.

DUCK'S-FOOT

DUCK'S-FOOT Duck's "-foot `, n. (Bot. )

Defn: The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum ).

DUCKWEED

DUCKWEED Duck "weed `, n. (Bot. )

Defn: A genus (Lemna ) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat.

New American Oxford Dictionary

duck

duck 1 |dək dək | ▶noun ( pl. same or ducks ) 1 a waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait. [Family Anatidae (the duck family ); domesticated ducks are mainly descended from the mallard. The duck family also includes geese and swans, from which ducks are distinguished by their generally smaller size and shorter necks. ] • such a bird as food: a duck for tomorrow's dinner. 2 a pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusk found off the Atlantic coasts of America. [Genus Anatina, family Mactridae. ] 3 another term for DUKW. PHRASES get (or have ) one's ducks in a row get (or have ) one's facts straight; get (or have ) everything organized. take to something like a duck to water take to something very readily: he shows every sign of taking to University politics like a duck to water. water off a duck's back a potentially hurtful or harmful remark or incident that has no apparent effect on the person mentioned: it was like water off a duck's back to Nick, but I'm sure it upset Paul. ORIGIN Old English duce, from the Germanic base of duck 2 (expressing the notion of ‘diving bird ’).

duck

duck 2 |dək dək | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or so as not to be seen: spectators ducked for cover | she ducked into the doorway to get out of the line of fire | [ with obj. ] : he ducked his head and entered. • (duck out ) depart quickly: I thought I saw you duck out. • [ with obj. ] avoid (a blow ) by moving down quickly: he ducked a punch from an angry first baseman. • [ with obj. ] informal evade or avoid (an unwelcome duty or undertaking ): a responsibility that a less courageous man might well have ducked | [ no obj. ] : I was engaged twice and ducked out both times. 2 [ no obj. ] plunge one's head or body underwater briefly: I had to keep ducking down to get my head cool. 3 Bridge refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons. ▶noun [ in sing. ] a quick lowering of the head. DERIVATIVES duck er noun ORIGIN Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duiken and German tauchen ‘dive, dip, plunge, ’ also to duck 1 .

duck

duck 3 |dək dək |(also ducks ) ▶noun Brit. dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, esp. among cockneys ). ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from duck 1 .

duck

duck 4 |dək dək | ▶noun a strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for casual or work clothes and sails. • (ducks ) pants made of such a fabric. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Middle Dutch doek ‘linen, linen cloth ’; related to German Tuch ‘cloth. ’

duck

duck 5 |dək dək | ▶noun Cricket a batsman's score of zero: out for a duck. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: short for duck's egg, used for the figure 0 because of its similar outline.

duckbill

duck bill |ˈdəkˌbil ˈdəkbɪl | ▶noun an animal with jaws resembling a duck's bill, e.g., a platypus or a duck-billed dinosaur. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] shaped like a duck's bill: duckbill pliers.

duck-billed dinosaur

duck-billed di no saur ▶noun another term for hadrosaur.

duckbill platypus

duck bill plat y pus (also duck-billed platypus ) ▶noun see platypus.

duckboard

duck board |ˈdəkˌbôrd ˈdəkbɔrd | ▶noun (usu. duckboards ) a board consisting of a number of wooden slats joined together, placed so as to form a path over muddy ground or in a trench.

duck-dive

duck-dive ▶verb [ no obj. ] dive head first under the water while swimming. ▶noun a dive made head first while swimming.

duck-egg blue

duck-egg blue ▶noun [ mass noun ] a soft, turquoise-blue shade.

duck hawk

duck hawk ▶noun dated the peregrine falcon.

ducking stool

duck ing stool ▶noun historical a chair fastened to the end of a pole, used formerly to plunge offenders into a pond or river as a punishment.

duckling

duck ling |ˈdəkliNG ˈdəklɪŋ | ▶noun a young duck. • the flesh of a young duck as food.

duck mussel

duck mus sel ▶noun a freshwater bivalve mollusk that is smaller and darker than the related swan mussel, found in rivers with sandy or gravelly bottoms. [Anodonta anatina, family Unionidae. ]

duckpin

duck pin |ˈdəkˌpin ˈdəkpɪn | ▶noun a short, squat bowling pin. • (duckpins ) [ treated as sing. ] a game played with such pins.

ducks and drakes

ducks and drakes |dəks ænd | ▶noun a game of throwing flat stones so that they skim along the surface of water. PHRASES play ducks and drakes with trifle with; treat frivolously. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from the movement of the stone over the water.

duck's ass

duck's ass ▶noun another term for ducktail.

duck-shove

duck-shove ▶verb [ with obj. ] Austral. /NZ informal avoid or evade (a responsibility or issue ).

duck soup

duck soup |dək sup | ▶noun informal an easy task, or someone easy to overcome: we had some great battles, but against me he was duck soup.

ducktail

duck tail |ˈdəkˌtāl ˈdəkteɪl |(also duck's ass ) (abbr.: DA ) ▶noun informal a man's hairstyle, associated esp. with the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides and tapered at the nape.

duckwalk

duck walk |ˈdəkˌwôk ˈdəkwɔk | ▶verb [ no obj. ] walk with the body in a squatting posture. ▶noun a walk with the body in this posture.

duckweed

duck weed |ˈdəkˌwēd ˈdəkˌwid | ▶noun a tiny aquatic flowering plant that floats in large quantities on still water, often forming an apparently continuous green layer on the surface. [Family Lemnaceae, in particular the genus Lemna. ]

Duckworth–Lewis

Duckworth –Lewis |ˌdʌkwəːθˈluːɪs | ▶adjective denoting a method of determining the runs total needed to win a one-day cricket match that is affected by rain or other interruptions. ORIGIN named after the English statisticians Frank Duckworth (born 1939 ) and Tony Lewis (born 1942 ), who invented the method.

ducky

duck y |ˈdəkē ˈdəki | informal ▶noun ( pl. duckies ) Brit. darling; dear (used as a form of address ): come and sit down, ducky. ▶adjective charming; delightful: everything here is just ducky. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from duck 3 .

Oxford Dictionary

duck

duck 1 |dʌk | ▶noun ( pl. same or ducks ) 1 a waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait. ●Family Anatidae (the duck family ); domesticated ducks are mainly descended from the mallard or wild duck. The duck family also includes geese and swans, from which ducks are distinguished by their generally smaller size and shorter necks. • a female duck. Contrasted with drake 1. • a duck as food: [ mass noun ] : a tangy stew of duck, lamb, and sausage. 2 a pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America. ●Genus Anatina, family Mactridae. 3 another term for DUKW. PHRASES get (or have ) one's ducks in a row N. Amer. informal get (or have ) one's facts straight; get (or have ) everything organized. like water off a duck's back referring to a potentially hurtful remark which has no apparent effect on the person involved: it was like water off a duck's back to Nick, but I'm sure it upset Paul. take to something like a duck to water take to something very readily: he shows every sign of taking to University politics like a duck to water. ORIGIN Old English duce, from the Germanic base of duck 2 (expressing the notion of ‘diving bird ’).

duck

duck 2 |dʌk | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen: spectators ducked for cover | [ with obj. ] : he ducked his head and entered. • [ with obj. ] avoid (a blow or missile ) by moving quickly: he ducked a punch from an angry first baseman. • [ with obj. ] informal evade or avoid (an unwelcome duty or undertaking ): a responsibility which a less courageous man might well have ducked | [ no obj. ] : I was engaged twice and ducked out both times. 2 [ with obj. ] push or plunge (someone ) under water, either playfully or as a punishment: Rufus grabbed him from behind to duck him under the surface. 3 [ no obj. ] Bridge refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons. ▶noun [ in sing. ] a quick lowering of the head. PHRASES duck and dive Brit. use one's ingenuity to deal with or evade a situation. DERIVATIVES ducker noun ORIGIN Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duiken and German tauchen ‘dive, dip, plunge ’, also to duck 1 .

duck

duck 3 |dʌk |(also ducks ) ▶noun Brit. informal dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys ). ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from duck 1 .

duck

duck 4 |dʌk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails. • (ducks ) trousers made of duck. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Middle Dutch doek ‘linen, linen cloth ’; related to German Tuch ‘cloth ’.

duck

duck 5 |dʌk | ▶noun Cricket a batsman's score of nought: he was out for a duck. PHRASES break one's duck Cricket score the first run of one's innings. • Brit. make one's first score or achieve a particular feat for the first time. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: short for duck's egg, used for the figure 0 because of its similar outline.

duckbill

duck |bill |ˈdʌkbɪl | ▶noun an animal with jaws resembling a duck's bill, e.g. a platypus or a duck-billed dinosaur. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] shaped like a duck's bill: duckbill pliers.

duck-billed dinosaur

duck-billed dino |saur ▶noun another term for hadrosaur.

duck-billed platypus

duck-billed platy |pus ▶noun see platypus.

duckboard

duck |board |ˈdʌkbɔːd | ▶noun (usu. duckboards ) a board consisting of a number of wooden slats joined together, placed so as to form a path over muddy ground or in a trench.

duck-dive

duck-dive ▶verb [ no obj. ] dive head first under the water while swimming. ▶noun a dive made head first while swimming.

duck-egg blue

duck-egg blue ▶noun [ mass noun ] a soft, turquoise-blue shade.

duck hawk

duck hawk ▶noun N. Amer. dated the peregrine falcon.

ducking stool

duck |ing stool ▶noun historical a chair fastened to the end of a pole, used formerly to plunge offenders into a pond or river as a punishment.

duckling

duck |ling |ˈdʌklɪŋ | ▶noun a young duck. • [ mass noun ] the flesh of a young duck as food.

duck mussel

duck mus ¦sel ▶noun a freshwater bivalve mollusc that is smaller and darker than the related swan mussel, found in rivers with sandy or gravelly beds. ●Anodonta anatina, family Unionidae.

duckpin

duck |pin |ˈdʌkpɪn | ▶noun US a short, squat bowling pin. • (duckpins ) [ treated as sing. ] a game played with duckpins.

ducks and drakes

ducks and drakes ▶noun [ mass noun ] a game of throwing flat stones so that they skim along the surface of water. PHRASES play ducks and drakes with trifle with; treat frivolously. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from the movement of the stone over the water.

duck's arse

duck's arse (N. Amer. duck's ass ) (abbrev.: DA ) ▶noun informal a man's hairstyle, associated especially with the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides and tapered at the nape.

duck-shove

duck-shove ▶verb [ with obj. ] Austral. /NZ informal avoid or evade (a responsibility or issue ).

duck soup

duck soup ▶noun [ mass noun ] N. Amer. informal an easy task, or someone easy to overcome: we had some great battles, but against me he was duck soup.

ducktail

duck |tail |ˈdʌkteɪl | ▶noun North American term for duck's arse.

duckwalk

duck |walk |ˈdʌkwɔːk | ▶verb [ no obj. ] walk with the body in a squatting posture. ▶noun a walk with the body in a squatting posture.

duckweed

duck |weed |ˈdʌkwiːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a tiny aquatic flowering plant that floats in large quantities on still water, often forming an apparently continuous green layer on the surface. ●Family Lemnaceae, in particular the genus Lemna.

Duckworth–Lewis

Duckworth –Lewis |ˌdʌkwəːθˈluːɪs | ▶adjective denoting a method of determining the runs total needed to win a one-day cricket match that is affected by rain or other interruptions. ORIGIN named after the English statisticians Frank Duckworth (born 1939 ) and Tony Lewis (born 1942 ), who invented the method.

ducky

ducky |ˈdʌki | informal ▶noun ( pl. duckies ) Brit. dear (used as a form of address ): come and sit down, ducky. ▶adjective chiefly N. Amer. charming; delightful: everything here is just ducky. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from duck 3 .

American Oxford Thesaurus

duck

duck verb 1 he ducked behind the wall: bob down, bend (down ), stoop (down ), crouch (down ), squat (down ), hunch down, hunker down; cower, cringe. 2 she was ducked in the river: dip, dunk, plunge, immerse, submerge, lower, sink. 3 informal they cannot duck the issue forever: shirk, dodge, evade, avoid, elude, escape, back out of, shun, eschew, sidestep, bypass, circumvent; informal cop out of, get out of, wriggle out of, dipsy-doodle around.

Oxford Thesaurus

duck

duck 1 noun WORD LINKS duck drake male duck female duckling young Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

duck

duck 2 verb 1 the ball passed over the batsman as he ducked | he ducked behind the wall: bob down, bend (down ), bow down, stoop (down ), crouch (down ), squat (down ), hunch down, hunker down, sit on one's haunches; cower, cringe, shrink, huddle; N. Amer. informal scooch. ANTONYMS straighten up; stand. 2 she was ducked in the river: dip, dunk, plunge, immerse, submerge, lower, sink. 3 informal he ducked out of history lessons | they cannot duck the issue much longer: shirk, dodge, evade, avoid, steer clear of, run away from, elude, escape, find a way out of, back out of, pull out of, shun, eschew, miss; sidestep, bypass, skirt round, circumvent, give a wide berth to, find a way round, turn one's back on; informal cop out of, get out of, wriggle out of, worm one's way out of; Brit. informal skive, skive off, funk; N. Amer. informal cut; Austral. /NZ informal duck-shove; archaic decline, bilk. ANTONYMS take part in; face up to.

Duden Dictionary

Duckdalbe

Duck dal be Substantiv, feminin Seemannssprache , die Duckdalben ; Dückdalben ; Dückdalbe |D u ckdalbe |Herkunft ungeklärt, vielleicht zu niederländisch duiken, (mittel )niederdeutsch duken = tauchen und Dolle (n ) eingerammte Gruppe von Pfählen zum Festmachen von Schiffen im Hafen Kurzform: Dalbe

Dückdalbe

Dück dal be Substantiv, feminin seltener Seemannssprache , die Duckdalbe |D ü ckdalbe |Herkunft ungeklärt, vielleicht zu niederländisch duiken, (mittel )niederdeutsch duken = tauchen und Dolle (n ) eingerammte Gruppe von Pfählen zum Festmachen von Schiffen im Hafen Kurzform: Dalbe

Duckdalben

Duck dal ben Substantiv, maskulin Seemannssprache , der Duckdalbe |D u ckdalben |Herkunft ungeklärt, vielleicht zu niederländisch duiken, (mittel )niederdeutsch duken = tauchen und Dolle (n ) eingerammte Gruppe von Pfählen zum Festmachen von Schiffen im Hafen Kurzform: Dalbe

Dückdalben

Dück dal ben Substantiv, maskulin Seemannssprache , der Duckdalbe |D ü ckdalben |der Dückdalben; Genitiv: des Dückdalbens, Plural: die Dückdalben meist im Plural Herkunft ungeklärt, vielleicht zu niederländisch duiken, (mittel )niederdeutsch duken = tauchen und Dolle (n ) eingerammte Gruppe von Pfählen zum Festmachen von Schiffen im Hafen Kurzform: Dalbe

ducken

du cken schwaches Verb |d u cken |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « mittelhochdeutsch tucken, tücken = eine schnelle Bewegung (nach unten ) machen, Intensivbildung zu tauchen 1 sich ducken Kopf und Schultern einziehen und den Oberkörper beugen oder in die Hocke gehen sich ducken , um einem Schlag auszuweichen | sich hinter eine Mauer, in eine Ecke ducken | in geduckter Haltung verharren 2 a sich ducken sich aus Angst, Unterwürfigkeit, Berechnung o. Ä. demütigen, ergeben zeigen; es nicht wagen, aufzubegehren sie mussten gehorchen, sich ducken b abwertend (die eigene Machtstellung o. Ä. ausnutzend ) demütigen, einschüchtern er ist in seinem Leben immer nur geduckt worden

Ducker

Du cker Substantiv, maskulin , der |D u cker |Schopfantilope

Duckmäuser

Duck mäu ser Substantiv, maskulin abwertend , der |D u ckmäuser |frühneuhochdeutsch, zu spätmittelhochdeutsch tockelmūsen = Heimlichkeiten treiben, zum 2. Bestandteil vgl. mausen 3 ; heute angelehnt an ducken jemand, der seine Meinung nicht zu sagen wagt, sie nicht einer entgegengesetzten entgegenzustellen wagt

Duckmäuserei

Duck mäu se rei Substantiv, feminin abwertend , die |Duckmäuser ei |die Duckmäuserei; Genitiv: der Duckmäuserei Verhalten eines Duckmäusers

Duckmäuserin

Duck mäu se rin Substantiv, feminin , die |D u ckmäuserin |weibliche Form zu Duckmäuser

duckmäuserisch

duck mäu se risch Adjektiv abwertend |d u ckmäuserisch |für einen Duckmäuser charakteristisch, wie ein Duckmäuser ein duckmäuserisches Auftreten | sich duckmäuserisch verhalten

Duckmäusertum

Duck mäu ser tum Substantiv, Neutrum abwertend , das |D u ckmäusertum |Duckmäuserei

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

duck

duck 1 /dʌk /〖語源は「水に潜る (duck 2 )もの」〗名詞複～s /-s /; 集合的に～1 C ｟広義で｠カモ, アヒル ▸ a wild duck カモ ▸ a domestic duck アヒル 2 C ｟狭義で｠カモ [アヒル ]の雌 (↔drake ).3 U 鴨肉, アヒルの肉 ▸ roast (ed ) duck 鴨肉のロースト 4 C ｟英話｠かわいい子 [娘 ] 〘特に女性子供への親しみを込めた呼びかけ表現〙.5 C ｟俗｠(特徴のある )やつ, 人 ▸ a sitting duck ｟くだけて｠いいカモ, 簡単にねらえる相手 6 C 〘クリケット〙0点 (duck's egg ) 〘卵の形が0に見えることから〙.d ù cks and g é ese ＝police (→rhyming slang ).(like ) w à ter off a d ù ck's b á ck 〈人が〉 (批判を受けても )何のその, こたえない .t á ke to A like a d ù ck to w á ter ｟くだけて｠A 〈仕事生活など〉にすぐになじむ ; (性に合っていて )得意である, たやすい ▸ I took to the American way of life like a duck to water .私はすぐにアメリカ流の生活になじんだ .～́ sh ò ot ｟米俗｠簡単な仕事 .～̀ s ó up ｟米くだけて｠楽にできること [仕事 ].

duck

duck 2 動詞自動詞 1 ひょいと (水に )潜る ▸ duck down (水の )下に潜る .2 (危険などを避けるために )ひょいと頭 [体 ]を下げる .3 ｟くだけて｠速く隠れる, 逃げる .他動詞 1 …を水にひょいと突っ込む ; 〈頭体〉をひょいと下げる [引っ込める ].2 〈危険など〉を避ける ; …を回避する (evade ).d ú ck out of A ｟くだけて｠A 〈 (…する )責任〉を逃れる, Aから逃げる (!Aはしばしば動名 ) .名詞 C ひょいと水に潜る [頭を下げる, 体を動かす ]こと .

duck

duck 3 名詞 1 U ズック〘ズボンスポーツ服テント帆布などに用いる布地〙.2 〖～s 〗(白い )ズック製のズボン .

duckbill

d ú ck b ì ll 名詞 C 〘動〙カモノハシ (platypus ).

duckboards

d ú ck b ò ards 名詞〖複数扱い〗(ぬかるみなどにかけた )踏み板 .

duckling

duck ling /dʌ́klɪŋ /名詞 1 C アヒル [カモ ]の子 .2 U 子ガモの肉 .

duckweed

d ú ck w è ed 名詞 U 〘植〙アオウキクサ (の類 ).

ducky

duck y /dʌ́ki /名詞複 -ies C ｟主に英くだけて｠(主に女性から呼びかけて )あなた (→duck 1 4 ).形容詞｟米｠すばらしい, かわいい, 楽しい .