Слово англійською: duck

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duck

noun
/dʌk/
  1. (plural ducks, duck)
    [countable] a common bird that lives on or near water and has short legs, webbed feet (= feet with thin pieces of skin between the toes) and a wide beak. There are many types of duck, some of which are kept for their meat or eggs.
    • wild ducks
    • duck eggs
    • Every afternoon they went to the park to feed the ducks.
    • Ducks were quacking noisily on the lake.
    see also eider duck, rubber duck
  2. [countable] a female duck compare drake
  3. [uncountable] meat from a duck
    • roast duck with orange sauce
    • Slice the duck breast and serve.
    • In a large saucepan, melt the duck fat.
    see also Bombay duck, Peking duck
  4. (also duckie, ducks, ducky)
     [countable, usually singular] (British English, informal) a friendly way of speaking to somebody
    • Anything else, duck?
    compare dear, love
  5. a duck
     [singular] (in cricket) a batter's score of zero
    • He was out for a duck.
    6. see also lame duck, sitting duck
    Word Originnoun senses 1 to 3 Old English duce, from the Germanic base of duck in the verb sense (expressing the notion of ‘diving bird’). noun sense 5 mid 19th cent.: short for duck's egg, used for the figure 0 because of its similar outline. noun sense 4 late 16th cent.: from duck, the bird.
Idioms
a dead duck
  1. (informal) a plan, an event, etc. that has failed or is certain to fail and that is therefore not worth discussingTopics Difficulty and failurec2
get/have (all) your ducks in a row
  1. (especially North American English) to have made all the preparations needed to do something; to be well organized
    • The company has its ducks in a row for a move into the Asian market.
    • Get your ducks in a row before you retire.
(take to something) like a duck to water
  1. (to become used to something) very easily, without any problems or fears
    • She has taken to teaching like a duck to water.
(like) water off a duck’s back
  1. (informal) used to say that something, especially criticism, has no effect on somebody/something
    • I can't tell my son what to do; it's water off a duck's back with him.
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