duck¹ /duk/

1. Any bird of the family Anatidae, the prominent features of which are short webbed feet, with a small hind-toe not reaching the ground, netted scales in front of the lower leg, and a long flattened bill
2. The female duck as distinguished from the male drake
3. (originally duck's egg for zero (0), on a scoresheet) no runs (cricket)
4. A darling, sweetheart (used loosely as a term of address; informal)
5. (usu lame duck) a defaulter, bankrupt
6. An oscillating shape used in wave-power technology (also nodding duck)

duckˈing noun

Duck-hunting

duckˈling noun

A young duck

ducks or duckˈy noun (informal)

A term of endearment

duckˈy adjective

duckˈ-ant noun

A Jamaican termite nesting in trees

duckˈbill noun

A platypus

duckˈ-billed adjective

Having a bill like a duck

duckˈ-board noun

A board with slats nailed across it, used for walking in excavations, etc, on swampy ground, or as steps in repair work on roofs

duck-coy see decoy

duckˈ-egg blue noun

A light greenish-blue colour

duckˈ-footed adjective

duckˈ-hawk noun

1. A moorbuzzard or marsh-harrier
2. A peregrine falcon (US)

duckˈ-legged adjective

Short-legged

duckˈmole noun

The duckbill

duckˈ-pond noun

duck's arse (or N American ass) noun (slang)

A man's hairstyle in which the hair is swept back to a point on the neck resembling a duck's tail, worn esp by Teddy boys (abbrev DA)

duck'sˈ-foot noun

Lady's-mantle

duckˈ-shot noun

Shot for shooting wild duck

duckˈshove intransitive verb (Aust and NZ; informal)

1. To jump a queue (orig of taxi-drivers)
2. To cheat
3. To steal
4. To avoid responsibilities

duckˈshover noun (Aust and NZ, informal).

duck'sˈ-meat noun

Duckweed

duck soup noun (US sl)

1. Something very easy, a cinch
2. Someone easy to handle, a pushover

duckˈ-tail noun

A white Teddy boy in South Africa

duckˈweed noun

Any plant of the family Lemnaceae, monocotyledons most of which consist of a small flat green floating plate, from which one or more roots dangle

Bombay duck

A small Indian fish, the bummalo, dried and eaten as a relish

break one's duck

1. To make one's first run (cricket)
2. To enjoy a first success after several failures

lame duck

1. A defaulter
2. A bankrupt
3. Anything disabled
4. An inefficient or helpless person or organization

like a dying duck

Languishing

make or play ducks and drakes

1. To make flat stones skip on the surface of water
2. To use recklessly
3. To squander, waste (with of or with)

sitting duck

An easy target, helpless victim

wild duck

The mallard, esp the henbird

nod /nod/

1. To give a quick forward motion of the head, esp in assent, greeting or command
2. To let the head drop in weariness or dozing
3. To lean over as if about to fall
4. To bend or curve downwards, or hang from a curved support
5. To dance, dip or bob up and down
6. To make a careless mistake through inattention

1. To incline (the head)
2. To move (the head) in assent, greeting or command
3. To signify or direct by a nod

1. A quick bending forward of the head
2. A slight bow
3. A movement of the head as a gesture of assent, greeting or command
4. A nap
5. (often with to) an acknowledgement of influence or respect

noddˈer noun

noddˈing noun and adjective

noddˈingly adverb

nodding acquaintance noun

1. A slight acquaintance
2. Someone with whom one is only slightly acquainted
3. Superficial, incomplete knowledge or understanding

nodding donkey noun (informal; esp US)

A type of pump for pumping oil from land-based oil wells

nodding duck see under duck¹

Land of Nod

Sleep (in punning allusion to the biblical land, Genesis 4.16)

nod off (informal)

To fall asleep

nod through

1. In parliament, to allow to vote by proxy
2. To pass without discussion, a vote, etc

on the nod

1. By general assent, ie without the formality of voting or without adequate scrutiny, etc
2. On credit (slang)

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