duck

/dʌk/

verb

1
To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
2
To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
3
To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
4
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
5
To bow.
6
To evade doing something.
7
To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
8
To enter a place for a short moment.
“I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?”

1
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
2
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
3
The flesh of a duck used as food.
4
A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
5
A playing card with the rank of two.
6
A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.
7
A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
“A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.”
8
A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
9
A cairn used to mark a trail.
10
One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
11
A long-necked medical urinal for men.

1
A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled.
2
An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.
“Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.”
3
A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.

1
A term of endearment; pet; darling.
“And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck (William Shakespeare - The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Act 2, Scene 3).”
2
Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
“Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?”

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