2syllables
ducking
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Definitions ofducking
1verb
- To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
- To quickly lower (the head) 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.
- To bow.
- To evade doing something.
- To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
- To enter a place for a short moment.
Example: "I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?"
1noun
- The action of the verb to duck.
- An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
Example: "They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment."
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