duck
A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspaceA cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
» I went duck hunting last weekend.
На минулих вихідних я ходив на полювання на качок.
На минулих вихідних я ходила на полювання на качок.
Meaning
18 sensesA cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Ente, Ant, Ante
у́ткаútka, се́лезеньsélezenʹ, ка́чкаkáčka
ка́чкаkáčka, качурkačur
(countable, uncountable)Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
Ente, Entenweibchen, weibliche Ente
у́ткаútka
ка́чкаkáčka
(uncountable)The flesh of a duck used as food.
Ente, Ant, Ante
у́ткаútka
ка́чкаkáčka
flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
(countable, uncountable)A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (Short for duck's egg.)
нульnulʹ
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
(countable, slang, uncountable)A playing card with the rank of two.
дво́йкаdvójka
(countable, uncountable)A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
(US, countable, uncountable)A cairn used to mark a trail.
(countable, uncountable)One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)Synonym of lame duck (“one who cannot fulfil their contracts”).
(countable, uncountable)A long-necked medical urinal for men; a bed urinal.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)Synonym of bitch (“a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison”).
Examples
286 sentencesI went duck hunting last weekend.
На минулих вихідних я ходив на полювання на качок. — deniko
Do you want to buy a duck?
Хочеш купити качку? — deniko
ruТы хочешь купить утку? — sharptoothed
deWillst du eine Ente kaufen? — maaster
There are ducks on the pond.
У ставку є качки. — deniko
ruВ пруду есть утки. — Wezel
deDa sind Enten auf dem Teich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom went duck hunting.
Том пішов на полювання на качок. — deniko
ruТом пошёл на утиную охоту. — marafon
deTom ging auf Entenjagd. — Jan_Schreiber
Don't feed the ducks.
Не годуй качок. — deniko
ruНе кормите уток. — marafon
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English ducken, duken, douken (“to duck, plunge under water, submerge”), fromFrom Middle English ducken, duken, douken (“to duck, plunge under water, submerge”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną (“to dip, dive, bend down, stoop, duck”).
From Middle English doke, ducke, dukke, dokke, douke, duke, from Old English duce, dūce (“duck”, literally “dipper, diver, ducker”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną (“to dive, bend down”). See verb above.
From Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doeck, doec (“linen cloth”), from Old Dutch *dōc, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk-. Cognate with German Tuch (“cloth”), Swedish duk (“cloth, canvas”), Icelandic dúkur (“cloth, fabric”). Doublet of doek.
Potteries dialect, Black Country dialect and dialects of the former territory of Mercia (central England). Compare Danish dukke (“doll”), Swedish docka (“baby; doll”), dialectal English doxy (“sweetheart”).
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Forms
plural: ducks / duckSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
164 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
Collocations
4 patterns- went duck hunting
- duck hunting
- ducks on the
- went duck