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adj
Euphemistic form of fucking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, form-of, humorous, not-comparable, slang
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noun
An instance of ducking down, e.g. to hide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act of surreptitiously leaving a rubber duck on someone's parked Jeep as an act of kindness (see Jeep ducking).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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verb
present participle and gerund of duck
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
the act of wetting something by submerging it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: submersion, immersion, dousing
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Broader terms: wetting
noun
hunting ducks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: duck hunting
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Broader terms: hunt, hunting
History
Suggested by predictive text or autocorrect on some devices.
By surface analysis, duck + -ing.
Nominalization of duck (verb), a denominal verb of duck (noun), from ellipsis of rubber duck.
