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Duck

Duhk

/ˈdʌk/

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duck

Dictionary meaning

Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs.

Examples

  • Before they could duck, another stone struck them.
  • I moved the duck to change the arc of the line I was drawing.

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