| duck | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. duck | small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs. |
| ~ anseriform bird | chiefly web-footed swimming birds. |
| ~ anatidae, family anatidae | swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks. |
| ~ drake | adult male of a wild or domestic duck. |
| ~ quack-quack | child's word for a duck. |
| ~ duckling | young duck. |
| ~ diving duck | any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food. |
| ~ dabbling duck, dabbler | any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling. |
| ~ anas platyrhynchos, mallard | wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed. |
| ~ anas rubripes, black duck | a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada. |
| ~ teal | any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America. |
| ~ anas penelope, widgeon, wigeon | freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals. |
| ~ anas clypeata, shoveler, shoveller, broadbill | freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill. |
| ~ anas acuta, pin-tailed duck, pintail | long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers. |
| ~ sheldrake | Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill. |
| ~ oxyura jamaicensis, ruddy duck | reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America. |
| ~ bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball, dipper | small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage. |
| ~ bucephela clangula, goldeneye, whistler | large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions. |
| ~ aythya valisineria, canvasback, canvasback duck | North American wild duck valued for sport and food. |
| ~ aythya ferina, pochard | heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head. |
| ~ aythya americana, redhead | North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head. |
| ~ bluebill, scaup, scaup duck, broadbill | diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill. |
| ~ wild duck | an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard). |
| ~ aix sponsa, summer duck, wood duck, wood widgeon | showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees. |
| ~ aix galericulata, mandarin duck | showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated. |
| ~ cairina moschata, muscovy duck, musk duck | large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated. |
| ~ sea duck | any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser. |
| ~ duck down | down of the duck. |
| ~ duck | flesh of a duck (domestic or wild). |
| n. (quantity) | 2. duck, duck's egg | (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman. |
| ~ cricket | a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs. |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| n. (food) | 3. duck | flesh of a duck (domestic or wild). |
| ~ duck | small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs. |
| ~ poultry | flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food. |
| ~ duckling | flesh of a young domestic duck. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. duck | a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents. |
| ~ cloth, fabric, textile, material | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
| v. (motion) | 5. duck | to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away.; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 6. duck | submerge or plunge suddenly. |
| ~ dive, plunge, plunk | drop steeply.; "the stock market plunged" |
| v. (motion) | 7. dip, douse, duck | dip into a liquid.; "He dipped into the pool" |
| ~ dip, dunk, souse, douse, plunge | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" |
| v. (communication) | 8. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt | 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" |
| ~ beg | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" |
| ~ quibble | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections. |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| bowed | | |
| adj. | 1. bowed | of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ arco | (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow. |
| adj. | 2. arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed | forming or resembling an arch.; "an arched ceiling" |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| ~ curved, curving | having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend.; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard" |
| adj. | 3. bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged | have legs that curve outward at the knees. |
| ~ unfit | not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition.; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" |
| adj. | 4. bowed, bowing | showing an excessively deferential manner. |
| ~ submissive | inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination.; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people" |
| stooped | | |
| adj. | 1. crooked, hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping | having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" |
| ~ unerect | not upright in position or posture. |
| duck | | |
| stoop | | |
| n. (act) | 1. stoop | an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward. |
| ~ inclining, inclination | the act of inclining; bending forward.; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. stoop, stoup | basin for holy water. |
| ~ basin | a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids.; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. stoep, stoop | small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house. |
| ~ porch | a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance. |
| v. (motion) | 4. bend, bow, crouch, stoop | bend one's back forward from the waist on down.; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ bend, flex | form a curve.; "The stick does not bend" |
| ~ squinch | crouch down. |
| ~ cower, huddle | crouch or curl up.; "They huddled outside in the rain" |
| v. (social) | 5. condescend, lower oneself, stoop | debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way.; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (motion) | 6. stoop | descend swiftly, as if on prey.; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field" |
| ~ pounce, swoop | move down on as if in an attack.; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students" |
| v. (motion) | 7. stoop | sag, bend, bend over or down.; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path" |
| ~ slope, incline, pitch | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| v. (contact) | 8. stoop | carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward.; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane" |
| ~ carry, bear, hold | support or hold in a certain manner.; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" |
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