Definition for DUCK

DUCK, v.i.

  1. To plunge into water and immediately withdraw; to dip; to plunge the head in water or other liquid. In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day. – Dryden.
  2. To drop the head suddenly; to bow; to cringe. Duck with French nods. Shak.

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