duck

1. n. A pet; a darling. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. Source: opted

4. v. t. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. Source: opted

5. v. t. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. Source: opted

6. v. t. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. v. i. To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow. Source: opted

9. v. t. Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae. Source: opted

10. v. t. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. Source: opted

11. n. small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs Source: wordnet

12. n. (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman Source: wordnet

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