Duck

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

   “As some raw youth in country bred, To arms by thirst of honour led, When at a skirmish first he hears The bullets whistling round his ears, Will duck his head aside”

2. fiil To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

   “Adams after ducking the Squire tvvice or thrice leaped out of the Tub, […]”

3. fiil To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

   “[…]In Tiber ducking thrice, by break of day[…]”

4. fiil To bow.

   “The Learned pate / Duckes to the Golden Foole.”

5. fiil To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.

   “Victorian women choosing to duck the demands of domestic life to spend their time doing something they enjoyed is hardly a novel idea.”

6. fiil To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

   “The music is ducked under the voice.”

7. fiil To enter a place for a short moment.

   “I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute; can you hold my bag?”

8. isim A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
9. isim 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.

   “Matsumoto Castle exhibits the architecture of both war and peace, from its steep wooden stairs, hidden inner levels and archer’s perches to the moon-viewing room added in 1630, which also offers a vantage point for viewing the brocaded carps and ducks residing in the castle moat.”

10. isim Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
11. isim The flesh of a duck used as food.
12. isim A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (Short for duck's egg.)
13. isim A playing card with the rank of two.
14. isim Ellipsis of architectural duck; a building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.

    “A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.”

15. isim A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
16. isim A cairn used to mark a trail.
17. isim One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
18. isim Synonym of lame duck (“one who cannot fulfil their contracts”).
19. isim A long-necked medical urinal for men; a bed urinal.
20. isim A faggot; a meatball made from offal.
21. isim Synonym of bitch (“a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison”).

    “The more passive males are subjected to physical violence. I was subjected to being what they call a punk or a duck, which is someone else's power trip, that's all.”

22. isim A tightly-woven cotton or linen fabric, often used as sailcloth.

    “Near-synonym: sailduck”

23. isim Trousers made of such material.

    “And they would go up and find old Allington, in white ducks, standing in the fringe of long grasses and cow-parsley on the other edge of the island, looking to his poultry or his rabbits.”

24. isim A term of endearment; pet; darling.

    “[…]and hold-faſt is the onely Dogge: My Ducke[…]”

25. isim Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

    “Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?”

26. fiil To surreptitiously leave a rubber duck on someone's parked Jeep as an act of kindness (see Jeep ducking).

    “The couple has gotten messages from people they've ducked saying how happy it made them, and even some saying they might also start ducking.”

27. özel isim A surname transferred from the nickname.
28. özel isim A town in North Carolina.
29. özel isim An unincorporated community in West Virginia.