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