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'duck' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'duck' with 14 example sentences.


duck noun

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

: (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

: flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

: a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

duck verb

: to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

: submerge or plunge suddenly

: dip into a liquid

: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)


  • Do you want to buy a duck?
  • Do not feed the ducks.
  • There are ducks on the pond.
  • It looks like a duck.
  • My son's rubber duck is yellow.
  • We ate Peking duck in the Chinese restaurant.
  • Can you tell a duck from a goose?
  • The duck was still alive on the fifth day.
  • If we stay here, we'll be sitting ducks.
  • I told everyone to duck.
  • I love my tiger duck. He is quiet, but loyal.
  • I hate it when people try to duck their responsibilities.
  • He walks like a duck.
  • You're ducking the issue.
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