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- <span class="word-self">duckspan>-arsed
- Having or pertaining to broad hips and large, bulging buttocks
I'm delighted that you should admire Beecham. A pompous little duckarsed bandmaster who stood against everything creative in the art of his time.
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>-arsed
- Having or pertaining to a hairstyle of the type called a duck's arse
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>-billed platypuses
- plural form of duck-billed platypus
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>-egg blue
- A pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs
duck-egg blue colour:.
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>-egg blue
- Of a pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>-footed
- Having splayfoot; habitually standing or walking with the ends of the feet angled outward
Texas Southern's Jim Hines, 20, is not the least bit pigeon-toed—in fact, he's just a little duck-footed, and it may be a good thing.
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>-billed
- having a beak like that of a duck
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>-legged
- having short legs, having legs resembling those of a duck
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>-like
- like a duck, resembling a duck
- Burdekin <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Cold beef fried in batter, as a food dish
1977: even the exotic-sounding Burdekin duck consists of nothing more than slices of cold beef fried in batter. — Richard Daunton-Fear and Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery, Rigby, 1977, ISBN 0-7270-0187-6 (discussing 19th century cookery).
- Burdekin <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- The bird Tadorna radjah, also called the Radjah Shelduck
- Daffy <span class="word-self">Duckspan>
- A fictional anthropomorphic black duck of the Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies series of animated cartoons by Warner Bros
- Daffy <span class="word-self">Duckspan>
- A duck, comical especially for lisping voice or zany behavior
Yeth thir? in his Daffy Duck voice. I thought: He's been hanging around Milton too long.
- Donald <span class="word-self">Duckspan>
- One of the Disney characters, an anthropomorphic white-feathered cartoon duck who usually wears a sailor suit and is known for his voice especially in tantrums
And then the most Donald Duck-like screaming and jabbering you ever heard.
- Donald <span class="word-self">Duckspan>
- Asteroid 12410
- Donald <span class="word-self">Duckspan>
- Having the characteristics of Donald Duck, especially the character's voice
- Donald <span class="word-self">Duckspan>
- A fuck
- <span class="word-self">Duckspan>
- A surname
- Labrador <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- an extinct sea duck that was never common, and is believed to be the first bird to become extinct in North America after 1500
- Laysan <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- an endangered dabbling duck endemic to the Hawaiian Islands
- Mexican <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- a dabbling duck in the genus Anas which breeds in Mexico and the southern USA
- Muscovy <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- An anatide genus Cairina moschata, a large duck which is native to Mexico, Central and South America
- Peking <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, and hoisin sauce and other condiments
- all <span class="word-self">duckspan> or no dinner
- All or nothing
- baby <span class="word-self">duckspan> syndrome
- The tendency of computer users to always think the operating system they started on is better
- break one's <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To score one's first run in an innings
- break one's <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To do something for the first time
- dabbling <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A duck that feeds by dabbling in shallow water including the mallard and teal
- dead <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A project that is doomed to failure from the start
The government decision meant that the proposed boycott of South African goods was a dead duck.
- dead <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- One who is in serious danger or trouble
She's a dead duck if she starts flirting with my boyfriend!.
- diving <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A duck that feeds mainly by diving such as the pochard
- domestic <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- The domesticated variety of mallard (Anas platyrhyncos)
- domestic <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Any duck that has been domesticated
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth
He was dressed in a Jaeger vest—a pair of blue duck trousers, fastened round the waist with a plaited leather belt.
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To try to evade doing something
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related
The Big Duck has influenced the world of architecture; any building that is shaped like its product is called a ‘duck’.
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Dear, Mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger)
Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?.
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To lower (something) into water
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A term of endearment
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A playing card with the rank of two
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- The flesh of a duck used as food
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> and cover
- To duck under a surface and cover one's face with his hands
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> butter
- Semen
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> dive
- to push one's surfboard (usually a shortboard) underwater nose-first, to get the surfer and board under a wave that has broken or is just about to break
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> dive
- the action of duck diving (see verb below)
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> dived
- Simple past tense and past participle of duck dive
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> dives
- plural form of duck dive
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> diving
- Present participle of duck dive
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> out
- To depart quickly or exit abruptly by way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded
The four-term Democrat, known to critics as King Kevin and Mayor De Luxe, has been threatened with recall petitions and recently ducked out the back door of a restaurant to avoid picketers.
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> out
- To depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded
Cathy Song needed to duck out from work at 3pm to ferry her child from pre-school to a neighbour's.
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> out
- or from To move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion
ny project for renewal is subject to a wide variety of destabilizing forces, not least when elites seek to duck out from the commitments they themselves have made.
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> soup
- Something which is easy; a piece of cake
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> soups
- plural form of duck soup
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> stamp
- An adhesive stamp sold by the US Federal and various state governments as proof of payment for a duck hunting licence, with the proceeds used for conservation programs
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> stamps
- plural form of duck stamp
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> tape
- Duck brand duct tape
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> tape
- Duct tape
If you can't fix it with duck tape, it's not worth fixing.
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> typing
- A style of dynamic typing in which an object's current set of methods and properties determines the valid semantics, rather than its inheritance from a particular class or implementation of a specific interface
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>'s arse
- A hairstyle in which the hair at the is swept back along the sides of the head to meet in a point at the back, thus resembling the tail feathers of a duck. Abbreviation: DA
- ferruginous <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia
- freckled <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- a moderately large, broad-bodied duck native to southern Australia
- golden <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- the score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball faced
- harlequin <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A North American wild duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
- in two shakes of a <span class="word-self">duckspan>'s tail
- Alternative form of in two shakes
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office
Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.
- lame-<span class="word-self">duckspan>
- See lame duck
- like a <span class="word-self">duckspan> takes to water
- Very naturally; without effort
She started skating and she learned how quickly, like a duck takes to water.
- like water off a <span class="word-self">duckspan>'s back
- Without immediate or lasting effects
Scandal after scandal would break, but it would be like water off a duck's back; no heads rolled, and no one seemed particularly perturbed.
- like water off a <span class="word-self">duckspan>'s back
- In a manner which has no effect; immediately and without causing any difference
She combs me down with her tongue sometimes though, but that just slips off me like water off a duck's back..
- mandarin <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- a perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata
- mottled <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- a medium-sized dabbling duck
- musk <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia
- odd <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- An unusual person, especially an individual with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics
Is O'Toole—skinny, tottering, eccentric in everything from costume to line-readings—wonderful in this role? Indeed he is. Always more of an odd duck than a leading man, age (he's 74) has given him license to play his essential weirdness.
- quack like a <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To appear to be exactly what one is
If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
- rubber <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A toy, made out of rubber or rubber like plastic, shaped like a duck; usually a floating bathtub toy
- sitting <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- an obvious or unconcealed target
For God's sake, Sergeant, we need to get to cover – we're sitting ducks out here.
- step on a <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To fart
after a fart Whoa! Did somebody step on a duck?.
- stiff-tailed <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- a duck of the Oxyurinae subfamily of ducks
- tight as a <span class="word-self">duckspan>'s arse
- Extremely tight, mean, excessively thrifty
- tufted <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A species of duck, Aythya fuligula
- wood <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A colorful North American duck, Aix sponsa, that nests in hollow trees
- decoy-<span class="word-self">duckspan>
- {n} a duck that decoys or lures others
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- {n} a fowl, word of fondness, cast, stoop, a species of fine canvas
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- {v} to dive or put under water, dip, stoop
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> away
- Move away while bending down and lowering the head
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> <span class="word-self">duckspan> goose
- Duck Duck Goose is a traditional children's game or adult's game often first learned in pre-school or kindergarten or high school
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> <span class="word-self">duckspan> goose
- (Oyunlar) Duck, duck, goose (called Duck, Duck, Gray Duck in Minnesota) is a traditional children's game often first learned in pre-school or kindergarten
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> <span class="word-self">duckspan> gray <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- (Oyunlar) Duck, duck, goose (called Duck, Duck, Gray Duck in Minnesota) is a traditional children's game often first learned in pre-school or kindergarten
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> hawk
- (Kuşbilim) The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as a Duck Hawk or simply as a Peregrine, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is a medium to large-sized falcon, females being larger and about the size of a large crow, with a blue-gray back, barred white underside, and a black head and "mustache". There are seventeen described subspecies, which vary in appearance and range
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> out
- Avoid; escape from something by skillful maneuvering. "Somehow or other Jack always manages to duck out of any hard work."
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> out
- Avoid; escape from something by skillful maneuvering: "Somehow or other Jack always manages to duck out of any hard work."
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>'s arse
- (deyim) A man's hairstyle in which the hair is slicked back on both sides and tapered at the nape
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>'s ass
- (deyim) A man's hairstyle in which the hair is slicked back on both sides and tapered at the nape
- like water off a <span class="word-self">duckspan>'s back
- (deyim) Without changing your feelings or opinion; without effect
1. Advice and correction roll off him like water off a duck's back.
2. Many people showed him they didn't like what he was doing, but their disapproval passed off him like water off a duck's back.
- muscovy <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) A greenish-black, gooselike duck (Cairina moschata), having heavy red wattles and found wild from Mexico to northern Argentina but widely domesticated around the world for its succulent flesh. Also called musk duck
- rubber <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- An inflatable flat-bottomed rubber dinghy, typically motorized
- steamer <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) A greyish South American duck which churns the water with its wings when fleeing danger. [Tachyeres brachypterus (Falkland Islands, flightless) and related species.]
- water off a <span class="word-self">duckspan>'s back
- (deyim) Criticisms of or warnings to a particular person that have no effect on that person: "I've told him that he's heading for trouble, but he doesn't listen - it's just water off a duck's back."
- Daffy <span class="word-self">Duckspan>
- a black duck who is a character in cartoon films made by Warner Bros, and who behaves in a silly way and cannot say the sound 's' properly
- Donald <span class="word-self">Duckspan>
- Walt Disney cartoon duck character
- Donald <span class="word-self">Duckspan>
- a character in cartoons made by Walt Disney. He is one of the most famous of all Disney's characters
- <span class="word-self">Duckspan>
- canard
- Peking <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- {i} Chinese dish made of strips of crispy duck served with shredded vegetables and sweet sauce
- Peking <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A Chinese dish of roast duck with crispy skin
- black <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A common duck (Anas rubripes) of the northeast United States and Canada, characterized by black or dusky brown plumage and often found in saltwater marshes
- black <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- dusky black duck of northeastern United States and Canada
- buffel <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large
- buffel <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball
- buffel <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Called also bufflehead
- buffel <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- {i} small diving duck native to North America with black and white plumage, bufflehead
- canvas <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A fabric made of lightweight cotton or linen
- cold <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- pink sparkling wine originally from Germany
- cold <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A beverage made of sparkling Burgundy and champagne
- dabbling <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Any of about 43 species (tribe Anatini; including 38 species in genus Anas) of ducks found worldwide, chiefly on inland waters and most commonly in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Strongly migratory, dabbling ducks include some of the world's finest game birds: the black duck, the gadwall, the garganey, the mallard, the pintail (perhaps the world's most abundant waterfowl), the shoveler, the teals, and the wigeons. They feed mainly on water plants, which they obtain by tipping-up in shallows and infrequently by diving. They often forage near the shore for seeds and insects. They have a flat, broad bill, float high in the water, and are swift fliers. Males are slightly larger and more boldly coloured than females
- dabbling <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
- dead <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- emphasis If you describe someone or something as a dead duck, you are emphasizing that you think they have absolutely no chance of succeeding. One doomed to failure or to death. a plan, idea etc that is not worth considering because it is very likely to fail
- dead <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- dead; worthless; something useless; in trouble
- dead <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- something doomed to failure; "he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck"; "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck"; "as theories go, that's a dead duck
- decoy <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- lure or bait; duck that serves to allure others into a net; person employed to entice others into danger
- diving <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food
- diving <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Any of various ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae, including the scoters, eiders, goldeneyes, and scaups, that feed by diving beneath the surface of the water. Any duck that obtains its food by diving to the bottom in deep water rather than by dabbling in shallows (see dabbling duck). Diving ducks prefer marine environments and are popularly called either bay ducks or sea ducks. Bay ducks (tribe Aythyini, family Anatidae), including canvasback, redhead, scaup, and allied species, are found more frequently in estuaries and tidal lagoons than on the open sea. Sea ducks (20 species in tribes Mergini and Somateriini) include the bufflehead, eiders, goldeneye, mergansers, oldsquaw, and scoters; some are also or mainly found on inland waters
- donald <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- a fictional duck created in animated film strips by Walt Disney
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- (v ) see play under
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A heavy plain weave cotton fabric for tents and clothing
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- {f} thrust under water, dunk, immerse; crouch, stoop, dodge
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- This canvas fabric is plain and durable The name "Duck" originated from the 18th century British trademark worn on the sails of their ships
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- If you duck something such as a blow, you avoid it by moving your head or body quickly downwards. Hans deftly ducked their blows. = dodge
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- a zero individual score, "awarded" to a batter who is "out" without scoring a single earned run
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Fibre: Cotton Originally made in linen Weave: Plain, but also crosswise rib Characteristics: Also called canvas Name originated in 18th Century when canvas sails from Britain bare the trademark symbol - a duck Very closely woven and heavy it is the most durable fabric made There are many kinds of duck but the heavier weighs are called canvas It may be unbleached, white, dyed, printed or painted Washable, many are waterproof and wind proof Made in various weights Uses: Utility clothing in lighter weights, such as trousers, jackets, aprons Also for awnings, sails, slipcovers, draperies, sportswear, tents, and many industrial uses
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- ‑ A course woven fabric made of cotton blends or synthetics of a heavier weight yarn
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A place where the water almost fills the cave passage, leaving very little space between the surface of the water and the passage roof
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A tightly woven, heavy, plain-weave, bottom-weight fabric with a hard, durable finish The fabric is usually made of cotton, and is widely used in men's and women's slacks, and children's playclothes
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Avoidance of a horizontal attack by lowering ones head and torso
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A heavy plain-weave 100% cotton material The weave is tight enough so the material is water-resistant - hence the name duck The material also breathes
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- submerge or plunge suddenly
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- emphasis You say that criticism is like water off a duck's back or water off a duck's back to emphasize that it is not having any effect on the person being criticized
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A closely woven heavy durable material
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- {i} type of swimming bird; score of zero; sweetheart, love (term of endearment); bending over
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- If you take to something like a duck to water, you discover that you are naturally good at it or that you find it very easy to do. She took to mothering like a duck to water. Any of various relatively small, short-necked, large-billed waterfowl (several genera in subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae). The legs of true ducks (Anatinae) are placed rearward (as are those of swans), resulting in a waddling gait. Most true ducks differ from swans and true geese (see goose) in that male ducks molt twice annually, females lay large clutches of smooth-shelled eggs, and both sexes have overlapping scales on the skin of the leg and exhibit some differences between sexes in plumage and in call. All true ducks except shelducks and sea ducks (see diving duck) mature in the first year and pair only for the season. They are generally divided into three groups: perching ducks, dabbling ducks, and diving ducks. The whistling duck species, also called tree ducks, are not true ducks but are more closely related to geese and swans. fish duck dabbling duck diving duck duck hawk wood duck
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A lame duck A stock-jobber who will not, or cannot, pay his losses He has to "waddle out of the alley like a lame duck " Like a dying duck in a thunderstorm Quite chop-fallen To get a duck A contraction of duck's egg or 0, in cricket A player who gets no run off his bat is marked down 0
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A duck is a very common water bird with short legs, a short neck, and a large flat beak. Duck is the flesh of this bird when it is eaten as food. honey roasted duck
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- (00/03/12) dead duck = When he pursues a company, it is a dead duck sitting duck = A company with a lot of cash and low stock price would be a sitting duck lame duck = In the last year of their third terms, our presidents are lame duck duck soup = The job interview was cduck soup How's the new boss? He's duck soup (Reference: 00/03/06, Monday Nikkei s47)
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A "duck" is a bird that goes on water (for example, a duck, goose, seagull or moorhen) There are many types and varieties of duck, all of which should be counted Birds such as pigeons, which do not go on water, are not "ducks"
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A passage almost completely filled with water
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A batsmans score of zero after getting out. (short for ducks egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)"
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- (1) play a small card when holding a higher one
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- a compact, firm, heavy, plain-weave fabric with a weight of 6-50 ounces per square yard Plied yarn duck as plied yarns in both warp and filling Flat duck has a warp of two singles yarns woven as one and a filling of either singles or plied yarn
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A tern applied to a wide range of medium and heavyweight fabrics, commonly made of cotton, including the heaviest and strongest of all, single-woven fabrics There are three main types: number duck, army-type duck and flat duck
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Popular cotton canvas for artists, ranging in weight from 5 oz to over 24 oz per square yard Weaving styles include enameling, flat, number, chafer and army
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A durable, plain weave, closely woven generally made of ply yarns in a variety of weights and thread counts
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- disapproval You say that someone ducks a duty or responsibility when you disapprove of the fact that they avoid it. The Opposition reckons the Health Secretary has ducked all the difficult decisions see also dead duck, lame duck, sitting duck
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Strong untwilled linen or cotton fabric, lighter and finer than canvas; used for small sails and mens outer clothing, esp sailors From the Dutch word doeck, meaning linen or linen clothes "What is to be done for tents, I know not I am assured that very little duck can be got in this country " Jefferson, Writings, 1780 (1)
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A pet; a darling
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A closely woven, durable fabric The important fabrics in this group are known as number duck, army duck, and flat or ounce duck Number and army ducks are always of plain weave with medium or heavy ply yarns; army ducks are lighter Ounce ducks always have single warp yarns woven in pairs and single or ply filling yarns Generally made of ply yarns in warp and yarns of various sizes and weights in filling
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- If you duck, you move your head or the top half of your body quickly downwards to avoid something that might hit you, or to avoid being seen. He ducked in time to save his head from a blow from the poker He ducked his head to hide his admiration I wanted to duck down and slip past but they saw me
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- refuse
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> bill
- {i} platypus, duckbill platypus, Australian mammal with a beak that resembles the bill of a duck
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> blind
- A shelter, often camouflaged with reeds and grasses, for concealing duck hunters
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> boards
- {i} boards placed for passing over wet or muddy surfaces
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> down
- down of the duck
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> hunter
- hunter of ducks
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> hunting
- {i} hunting ducks
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> out
- avoid an unpleasant task, shirk one's responsibility
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> out
- If you duck out of something that you are supposed to do, you avoid doing it. George ducked out of his forced marriage to a cousin You can't duck out once you've taken on a responsibility. = back out
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> pate
- a pate made from duck liver
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> sauce
- a thick sweet and pungent Chinese condiment
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> soup
- any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> soup
- An easily accomplished task or assignment
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> soup
- (Slang) something which is easy to do
- <span class="word-self">duckspan> tail
- {i} type of hairstyle (was popular in the 1950's)
- <span class="word-self">duckspan>'s meat
- {i} type of plant or alga that grows in ditches and shallow water
- eider <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- {i} any of several species of large sea duck from which eiderdown is obtained
- eider <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- The eider
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- 1) an ineffectual person whose powers are limited 2) an unproductive or disabled business enterprise
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- If you refer to a politician or a government as a lame duck, you mean that they have little real power, for example because their period of office is coming to an end. a lame duck government
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- {i} ineffectual person, one who has no power to bring about change (often used about a politician who is nearing the end of his final term in office); (Slang) unsuccessful business, ineffectual business
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Elected official serving out a term of office after being defeated for reelection before the inauguration of the successor
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Law Layover Leave to Sit Legislative Day Legislative Session Legislative Veto Line Item Veto Loan Guarantees Lobby Majority Leader Majority Whip Mandatory Spending Manual Marking Up A Bill Markup Measure Minority Leader Minority Whip Morning Business Morning Hour Motion Motion to Proceed to Consider "Must Pass" Bill Nomination Nongermane Amendment
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- (A ), in Stock Exchange parlance, means a member of the Stock Exchange who waddles off on settlement day without settling his account All such defaulters are black-boarded and struck off the list Sometimes it is used for one who cannot pay his debts, one who trades without money Pitt gambled and lost: But who must answer for the cost? Not he, indeed! A duck confounded lame Not unattended wadding Peter Pindar: Proh Impudentiam Lame King A Grecian oracle had told Sparta to Beware of a lame king Agesilaos was lame, and during his reign Sparta lost her supremacy
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- So called because it resembles limping Traveling sideways, the leading foot (or trailing) is on demi pointe and the other foot is flat making the hips unlevel Looks like you're stepping over something as you step sideways Used for traveling hip drops or hip lifts or traveling hip sway
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- disapproval If you describe someone or something as a lame duck, you are critical of them because they are not successful and need to be helped a lot. lame-duck industries
- lame <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A member of the stock exchange who cannot meet his obligations Also, a company in financial difficulties
- like a <span class="word-self">duckspan> to water
- like someone who feels comfortable in a certain situation
- like water off a <span class="word-self">duckspan>'s back
- without any effect, completely ineffectually, without any influence
- look like a dead <span class="word-self">duckspan> in a thunderstorm
- {f} be ugly, be unattractive, be messy
- mandarin <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- An Asian duck (Aix galericulata) having brightly colored plumage and a crested head
- mandarin <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated
- muscovy <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated
- muscovy <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Called also musk duck
- muscovy <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards
- muscovy <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil
- ruddy <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- A North American duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) having stiff pointed tail feathers and, in the male, brownish-red upper plumage and a black-and-white head. Also called sprigtail
- ruddy <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America
- scaup <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- {i} diving duck of North America which has a bluish-gray beak
- sea <span class="word-self">duckspan>
- Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks