| Duck: English to English |
| Duck (n.) 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. |
| Duck (n.) A pet; a darling. |
| Duck (n.) The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. |
| Duck (v. i.) To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow. |
| Duck (v. i.) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip. |
| Duck (v. t.) A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. |
| Duck (v. t.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae. |
| Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. |
| Duck (v. t.) To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. |
| Duck (v. t.) To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. |