English Dictionary

duck

/dʌk/

noun

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet. / Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

The duck swam gracefully in the pond.

意味（1）

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

意味（2）

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

意味（3）

(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.

意味（4）

(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)

意味（5）

(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.

意味（6）

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.

意味（7）

A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.

意味（8）

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

意味（9）

One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.

意味（10）

(finance, slang, dated) Synonym of lame duck (“one who cannot fulfil their contracts”)

意味（11）

(medicine) A long-necked medical urinal for men.

意味（12）

(UK, slang, obsolete) A faggot; a meatball made from offal.