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Meaning of duck

- A pet; a darling.
- 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.
- The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.
- To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
- To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.
- To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
- To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.
- To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.
- Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae.
- A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

Crossword clue for duck

- Avoid Donald
- Batsman’s nil
- Bird typically favouring reedy habitats
- Common water bird
- Dip
- Dodge
- Donald is one to avoid
- Evade
- It may drop down!
- Mallard
- Water bird