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duckie

duckie

1 3.7
A small toy shaped like a duck that floats in the bath
  • noun
  • /ˈdʌki/
  • Baby Talk
translation icon : patito de goma
  • He couldn't find his favorite duckie after bath time, and it made him very sad.
  • a duckie

Now you've seen she's got her little ducky one, but that is now sadly too small.

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Examples

  • Suddenly, the rubber duckie pops to the surface.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Bath time in the Nora's household and I've just put the ducky in place.

  • Get him a rubber duckie for his ice bath or something.

    HIM (2025)

  • So we got all three duckies and a clean crocodile.

  • Why did we get so many rubber duckies today Manky?

  • Now you've seen she's got her little ducky one, but that is now sadly too small.

    Zoe Sugg

  • She sees Lana submerged in the tub, face up, the rubber duckie in her mouth.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The children laughed as they played with the bright yellow duckie in the bathtub.

  • During the party, each child received a small duckie as a fun party favor.

Synonyms

ducky
vsduckie
  • Baby Talk
8 3.0

A small toy duck children play with in the bath

is made of rubber or plastic and mainly used at bath time
duck-squeezer
vsduckie
9.9

A small duck-shaped toy that makes a quacking sound when pressed

focuses on being rubber or plastic and used during bath rather than making sound

Surface Forms

duckie singular
duckies plural

Morphology

duckie = duck (transparent) = duck + ie

The word is a straightforward diminutive/affectionate formation from 'duck' with the productive suffix '-ie' indicating a small or endearing version.

Etymology

Duckie comes from the bird duck plus the friendly ending -ie, which makes a word sound small or cute, like doggie or birdie. So a duckie is literally a 'little duck', which is why we use it for the small bath toy shaped like a duck.