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ducking

/ˈdʌkɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
  2. To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
  3. To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
  4. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
  5. To bow.
  6. To evade doing something.
  7. The action of the verb to duck.
  8. An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
  9. Fucking (as intensifier)

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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