duck
417
1.0
- noun
- /dʌk/
- On the pond, we saw several ducks swimming gracefully across the water.
- wild ducks
- domestic ducks
- ducks and geese
Loading YouTube…
Watch on YouTubeI've seen on Instagram a duck that's best friends with a dog.
- I've seen on Instagram a duck that's best friends with a dog.
- Poultry, chicken, Turkey, duck, emu, goose, Bush, birds, birds.
- There's a Chinese duck farmer with hundreds of ducks.
- So you've got cattle, you have pigs, you have ducks, you've got chickens.
- And there's ducks at the pods, right.
Examples
-
He had lots of pets, dogs, cats, even ducks.
-
A resident population of a dozen ducks frequents the swimming beach area.
Academic text (2002) -
Have you ever seen ducks like that?
-
When do ducks wake up?
-
And on his farm, he had some ducks...
-
Both male and female ducks of each species were included and were approximately equally represented.
Academic text (2015) -
I've seen on Instagram a duck that's best friends with a dog.
-
Burch lives in a village in the Cotswolds with eight ducks and 500 of his countrymen.
Academic text (2008) -
In the countryside, the farmer raises ducks for their eggs and meat.
-
The children enjoyed watching the ducks waddling around the park.
Synonyms
8
3.5
Birds that live near fresh water, like ducks, geese, and swans
7
1.4
A common wild duck whose male has a bright green head
2
2.0
A water bird like a mallard that lives in lakes and rivers and is not kept by people
2
4.1
A small duck with a short neck that feeds in shallow water
2
5.8
A brightly colored North American duck that nests in tree holes near water
1
7.5
An adult male duck, often with bright feathers
1
7.0
A small brightly colored duck from East Asia often kept by people
1
6.0
A dark brown duck found in eastern North America
1
8.3
A large duck from Central and South America kept for meat and eggs
1
9.9
A small diving duck with a large white patch on the head
1
7.8
A duck that lives and feeds in muddy water
1
7.1
A small duck with a reddish-brown body and a stiff tail
1
5.8
A large diving bird that lives by the sea and dives for food
1
3.9
A duck that swims underwater to find food, often in lakes or bays
1
9.9
A male duck with bright colourful feathers found in North America
1
9.9
A sea duck with a long tail found in northern North America
1
9.0
A small North American duck with a bushy head that dives underwater
1
9.9
A colorful East Asian duck with a small crest often kept in ponds
1
7.8
A large diving duck with a crest and a thin hooked bill for catching fish
A colorful North American bird that nests in holes in trees
A large diving duck with a bill that has saw-like edges for catching fish
A large wild duck with a crest that people raise for meat and eggs
Idioms
Compounds
2
2.0
A water bird like a mallard that lives in lakes and rivers and is not kept by people
- Australian
1
7.2
A mammal from Australia that lays eggs and has a duck-like bill and webbed feet
1
6.7
A large sea duck from northern coasts whose female gives soft down used in quilts and pillows
1
8.1
A large wild North American duck with a sloping profile and red head prized by hunters for its meat
- US
1
8.4
A diving duck from North America with a blue-grey bill that lives in lakes and near the sea
- Archaic
1
9.3
A pink sparkling wine that people make by mixing red and white wines and serve cold
1
6.3
A duck that feeds by tipping its head into shallow water while its tail stays up
- Jargon
A habit of preferring the first way you learn and resisting later changes
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Duck for the bird comes from an old word meaning 'to dive' because ducks often dip or dive in water, so think of the bird as a little 'diver' to remember it.