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Etymology
Old English duce#Old English|duce.

Pronunciation
IPA|/d�k/
audio|en-us-duck.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�k|-�k

Noun
en-noun

1. An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
2. Specifically, an adult female female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
3. The flesh of a duck used as food.
4. cricket A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
5. (UK, especially East of the Pennines) Dear, Mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

#:Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?

1. slang A playing card with the rank of two.
2. A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

#*1912, Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman At The Store", from "Selected Short Stories":
#:He was dressed in a Jaeger vest�a pair of blue duck trousers, fastened round the waist with a plaited leather belt.

Scientific names
Anas platyrhynchos (domesticus), Mallard-derived domestic breeds, including Pekin, Rouen, Campbell, Call, Runner
Cairina moschata, Muscovy duck

Derived terms
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Burdekin duck
dabbling duck
diving duck
duckbill
duckboard
duckling
ducks on the pond

mid2
break one's duck|break one�s duck, break the duck
lame duck
Peking duck
quack like a duck�
shelduck
sitting duck
take to something like a duck to water
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Translations
trans-top|an aquatic bird of the family Anatidae
Albanian: rosë f
Arabic: ARchar|بطة f
Basque: paita
Belarusian: ка�ка f
Bosnian: patka#Bosnian|patka f, patak#Bosnian|patak m
Breton: houad m
Bulgarian: па�и�а (patitsa) f, па�ка (patka) f, па�ок (patok) m
Catalan: ànec m
Chinese: 鴨, 鸭 (y�)
Cree: ��� (siisiip)
Czech: kachna f
Croatian: patka#Croatian|patka f, patak#Croatian|patak m
Danish: and#Danish|and c
Dutch: eend f
Esperanto: anaso
Estonian: part#Estonian|part
Ewe: kpakpaxe
Faroese: dunna f
Finnish: ankka italbrac|domestic, sorsa italbrac|wild
French: canard m
Frisian: ein#Frisian|ein f
Friulian: raze
Galician: pato m
German: Ente f
Greek: �ά�ια (papia) f, νή��α (nissa) f
Guaraní: ype
Hungarian: kacsa
Icelandic: önd f, aliönd f (domesticated)
Indonesian: bebek
Interlingua: anate
Irish: lacha f
Italian: anatra f
Japanese: ��� (ahiru), 鴨 (��/��, kamo)
trans-mid
Korean: �리 (ori)
Kurdish: KUchar|�را��
Ladin: anera
Lao: ��ັ� (pe:t)
Latvian: pīle g|Latvian
Lithuanian: antis g|Lithuanian
Macedonian: па�ка f, па�ка f
Malayalam: താറാവ� (thaaRaavu)
Maltese: papra f
Mongolian: н�га� (nugas)
Norwegian: and#Norwegian|and f
Occitan: rit m
Persian: FAchar|اردک (ordak)
Polish: kaczka f
Portuguese: pato m
Romanian: raţ� f, r�ţoi m
Romansh: anda
Romany: ratsoy m, ratsa f
Russian: ��ка (útka) f
Sami: vuojáš
Sardinian: anadi
Scottish Gaelic: lach f, tunnag f
Scots: deuk
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: па�ка#Serbian|па�ка f, па�ак#Serbian|па�ак m
:Roman: patka#Serbian|patka f, patak#Serbian|patak m
Slovak: ka�ka f, ka�ica f
Slovene: raca f, racak m, racman m, utva f or otva f (liter., wild duck)
Spanish: pato m
Swedish: and#Swedish|and italbrac|wild, anka italbrac|domesticated
Telugu: బాత� (baatu)
Thai: THchar|���� (bpèt)
Turkish: ördek
Vietnamese: (con#Vietnamese|con) v�t
Welsh: hwyad f, hwyaden f
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trans-top|a female duck
Arabic: ARchar|بطة f
Bosnian: patka#Bosnian|patka f
Croatian: patka#Croatian|patka f
Danish: and#Danish|and c
French: cane#French|cane f
Greek: �ά�ια (papia) f
Macedonian: па�ка f, па�ка f
Polish: kaczka f
Portuguese: pata f
Russian: ��ка (útka) f
trans-mid
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: па�ка#Serbian|па�ка f
:Roman: patka#Serbian|patka f
Slovak: ka�ka f, ka�ica f
Slovene: raca f
Spanish: pata f
Telugu: బాత� (baatu)
Vietnamese: v�t cái#Vietnamese|cái
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trans-top|the flesh of a duck used as food
Danish: and#Danish|and c
Finnish: ankka (domestic, usually white)
Greek: �ά�ια (papia) f
Italian: anatra f
Lao: ��ັ� (pe:t)
Polish: kaczka f
Portuguese: pato m
trans-mid
Russian: ��ка (útka) f
Scots: [deuk
Slovene: raca f
Spanish: pato m
Swedish: and#Swedish|and (wild), anka (domesticated)
Thai: THchar|���� (bpèt)
Vietnamese: th�t v�t
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trans-top|a batsman's score of zero after getting out
Russian: н�л� (nul�) m
Spanish: cero m
trans-mid
Vietnamese: ván trắng
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trans-top|Translations to be checked
ttbc|Basque: ahate
ttbc|Bulgarian: па�и�а
ttbc|Ido: anado
ttbc|Indonesian: itik
ttbc|Kurdish: werdek, ordek
ttbc|Lao: ��ັ� (pe:t)
ttbc|Low Saxon: Aant f
ttbc|Occitan: guit
ttbc|Sami: suorsá
ttbc|Sardinian: craccacciola, pabidoi, anadre
trans-mid
ttbc|Sorbian:
:Upper: ka�ka
ttbc|Tupinambá: ypeka
ttbc|Thai: THchar|���� (bpèt)
ttbc|Ukrainian: ка�ка
ttbc|Volapük: dök
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References

Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

See also
top2
drake
goose
mid2
swan
waterfowl
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Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To lower the head in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
2. transitive To lower (something) into water.
3. transitive To lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
4. transitive To try to evade doing something.

Synonyms
i-c|to lower the head duck down
i-c|to lower into the water dip, dunk
i-c|to lower in order to prevent it from being struck by something dip

Translations
trans-top|to lower the head
Danish: dukke
Finnish: kumartua
Greek: �ο κε�άλι �ο� ��η γο��να! (to kefali su sti gurna), �κ�β� �ο κε�άλι (skivo to kefali)
Russian: п�игиба����/п�игн����� (prigibát�s�a/prignút�s�a)
trans-mid
Slovene: skloniti (se)
Spanish: agacharse, esconderse
Swedish: ducka
Vietnamese: cúi (�ầu)
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trans-top|to lower into the water
Danish: dykke
Greek: κάν� �α�η�ή (kano patiti)
Portuguese: mergulhar
trans-mid
Russian: ок�на��/ок�н��� (okunát�/okunút�)
Spanish: sumergir, hundir
Vietnamese: dìm (xu�ng nư�c), ngụp
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trans-top|to lower in order to prevent it from being struck by something
Danish: dukke
French: baisser
Russian: п�игиба��/п�игн��� (prigibát�/prignút�)
Slovene: skloniti
trans-mid
Spanish: sumergirse
Swedish: ducka
Vietnamese: cúi
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trans-top|to try to evade doing something
Danish: smyge sig uden om, undvige
Spanish: eludir, esquivar, evadir
trans-mid
Vietnamese: tr�n
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