Get to know Duck better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like plunge or dip.
Duck in a sentence
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Duck meaning
- To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
- To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
- To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
Synonyms of Duck
Using Duck
- The main meaning on this page is: To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something. | To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw. | To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
- Useful related words include: plunge, dip, douse, plunk.
- In the example corpus, duck often appears in combinations such as: the duck, duck and, duck race.
Context around Duck
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Duck
- In this selection, "duck" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, della, lame, fried, race, fat and quacks stand out and add context to how "duck" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include like a duck it s, a frightened duck taking off and donald duck. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "duck" sits close to words such as emirates, ham and rankings, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with duck
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Or a better question might be why does everyone else say "duck duck goose"? (14 words)
Cowra Rotary's Bob Griffiths holds aloft the winning duck from last year's Festival duck race. (17 words)
If it walks like a duck and if it quacks like a duck, then It is a duck. (18 words)
Marcus Henley, operations manager for Hudson Valley Foie Gras duck farm, holds a Moulard duckling, a hybrid farm Peking duck and a South American Muscovy duck in Ferndale, N.Y. The sale of foie gras in New York City is about to be a faux pas. (46 words)
In this widening vacuum, lots of foreign opportunists, outright enemies, and nihilists are seizing the day—on the assurance that Biden is not a lame duck, but a lame, lame duck, and Harris is a near functionary in search of an identity and an idea. (45 words)
And when the Duck Race is over, go get a cookie or ice cream or taffy in town, and walk around Lake Estes wearing your Duck Race vest with some of the other volunteers, reminiscing about how much fun it was. (41 words)
Or a better question might be why does everyone else say "duck duck goose"? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
I guess the moral of the story is, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s a duck.
On the other hand, it’s possible this is one of those stories where if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.
If it walks like a duck and if it quacks like a duck, then It is a duck.
About 80 per cent of the world's ducks are raised in China, but are traditionally eaten in the south, where fried duck tongues, braised feet and spicy duck neck are popular snacks, and duck intestines make up a hotpot.
Grease the bottom of the casserole with a little of the duck fat mix, then tip in the beans, the rest of the duck fat and all the meat, plus any jelly from the duck confit.
Marcus Henley, operations manager for Hudson Valley Foie Gras duck farm, holds a Moulard duckling, a hybrid farm Peking duck and a South American Muscovy duck in Ferndale, N.Y. The sale of foie gras in New York City is about to be a faux pas.
We have a late seasion mother duck as there is snow in the mountains and in late winter as the chill is still with us the ducklings duck for duck down cover.
Because an idle floating duck or a duck squatting on land cannot react to fly or move quickly, "a sitting duck" has come to mean "an easy target".
Character background :Further information: Duck family (Disney) § Della Duck and § Huey, Dewey, and Louie's father Huey, Dewey, and Louie are the sons of Donald's sister Della Duck; in Donald's Nephews, their mother is instead named Dumbella.
And when the Duck Race is over, go get a cookie or ice cream or taffy in town, and walk around Lake Estes wearing your Duck Race vest with some of the other volunteers, reminiscing about how much fun it was.
Councillor Jim Eldridge who was against the change said that the corporate logo reminded him of "a frightened duck taking off at the opening of the duck season".
He revealed that he had encountered a rubber duck while biking to work, and extended his journey to put the duck in the library’s reflecting pool.
His duck breast preparation is an exquisite slice of Orvia duck served with a beautiful arrangement of chanterelles, and turnips, topped with a savory griottes (Morello cherry) sauce.
Or a better question might be why does everyone else say "duck duck goose"?
At the forefront of the proceedings is Willie Robertson, the CEO of the family duck-call company known as Duck Commander.
Both judges remarked on the high standard of birds present at the show which saw Riley Nordstrom awarded Supreme Bird of Show for his Indian runner duck, with the reserve champion going to local Craig Mears' black East Indies duck.
Cowra Rotary's Bob Griffiths holds aloft the winning duck from last year's Festival duck race.
In the Duck-on-Duck drama, Nix finished 29-for-40 passing for 260 yards and two touchdowns, but after three touchdown drives to open the game, the rookie was outdone by the other former Oregon star.
In this widening vacuum, lots of foreign opportunists, outright enemies, and nihilists are seizing the day—on the assurance that Biden is not a lame duck, but a lame, lame duck, and Harris is a near functionary in search of an identity and an idea.
The free Introduction to Duck Hunting program will give new duck hunters of any age a solid start in the sport.
Phrases with duck
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with duck
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the duck 35×
- duck and 18×
- duck race 12×
- rubber duck 10×
- duck in 9×
- to duck 9×
- donald duck 9×
- of duck 8×
- like duck 7×
- and duck 7×