As some raw youth in country bred, To arms by thirst of honour led, When at a skirmish first he hears The bullets whistling round his ears, Willduck his head aside
1989, Grant Naylor,Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers:
Rimmerducked his body low into his chair, so just his head remained above the table top, and peered past the backs of the examinees in front of him, waiting for the adjudicator to make his move.
(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
2018 July 21,Kathryn Hughes, “The strange cult of Emily Brontë and the 'hot mess' of Wuthering Heights”, inThe Guardian[1]:
Victorian women choosing toduck the demands of domestic life to spend their time doing something they enjoyed is hardly a novel idea.
2023 July 12, Mel Holley, “Network News: RDG presses ahead with ticket office closure plan”, inRAIL, number987, page 7:
But pressed by Labour's Marsha de Cordov in the House of Commons on June 29, on "whether he plans to reduce the total number of ticket offices", Merrimanducked the question but confirmed that the Government wants to close ticket offices.
2024 January 19, Jonathan Freedland, “There is still a way to stop Donald Trump – but time is running out”, inThe Guardian[2],→ISSN:
That was the moment, but Senate Republicansducked it.
(transitive) To lower thevolume of (a sound) so that other sounds in themix can be heard more clearly.
2007, Alexander U. Case,Sound FX: unlocking the creative potential of recording studio effects, page183:
2023 May 18, David McElhenney, “13 of Japan’s best castles”, inCNN[3]:
Matsumoto Castle exhibits the architecture of both war and peace, from its steep wooden stairs, hidden inner levels and archer’s perches to the moon-viewing room added in 1630, which also offers a vantage point for viewing the brocaded carps andducks residing in the castle moat.
2025 January 23, John Towfighi, “Stripe accidentally sends image of cartoon duck to laid-off employees”, inCNN[4]:
The payment processor’s layoffs and the curious incident of theduck were first reported by Business Insider.
Specifically, an adult female duck;contrasted withdrakeand withduckling.
1986 April 19, Michael Rathbone, “Tell Someone”, inGay Community News, page 4:
The more passive males are subjected to physical violence. I was subjected to being what they call a punk or aduck, which is someone else's power trip, that's all.
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And they would go up and find old Allington, in whiteducks, standing in the fringe of long grasses and cow-parsley on the other edge of the island, looking to his poultry or his rabbits.
2020 July 29, Susannah Sudborough, “It may sound quacky, but Jeep ducking is a real thing and it's right here in Taunton”, inTaunton Daily Gazette[6], Taunton, Massachusetts:
The couple has gotten messages from people they'veducked saying how happy it made them, and even some saying they might also startducking.
2022 September 13, Breana Noble, “'World's largest rubber duck' at Detroit auto show celebrates Jeep 'ducking' movement”, inThe Detroit News[7]:
She didn't even notice the duck on her vehicles when she first wasducked in spring.
