Duck

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1. Noun

A pet; a darling.

2. Noun

A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

3. Noun

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

4. Verb

To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

5. Verb

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

6. Verb

To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

7. Verb

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

8. Verb

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

9. Verb

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae.

10. Verb

A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

11. Noun

a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary

12. Noun

small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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