I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a duck pond
dead duck
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He admitted that the whole project was a dead duck.
ducking stool
ducks and drakes
lame duck
sitting duck
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Out in the open, the soldiers were sitting ducks for enemy fire.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
diving
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Pochards are the diving ducks parexcellence, diving frequently and swimming submerged.
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Large diving sea ducks , often breeding on fresh water but normally resorting to salt water at other times.
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Red-heads dive constantly like grebes, but have conspicuously whiter cheeks, and are also much whiter than other small diving ducks .
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Rises more steeply from water than most diving ducks , wings making a loud singing note in flight.
large
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The largest dabbling duck , the commonest and most widespread duck of the region, and the origin of the farmyard duck.
roast
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Excellent menu includes roast duck , smoked salmon, fish and game dishes.
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Honey-glazed roast ducks hang in doorways beside weird sea slugs and dried fish.
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That was why a landlord like Uncle Khan made offerings of roast ducks and steamed rice to one of his poorest tenants.
tufted
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We were watching the tufted ducks which made up for their late appearance this season by arriving in more than usual strength.
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And black and white tufted ducks tacked to-and-fro, the wind blowing their crests into stiff little top-knots.
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Rain sheeted down on gad wall, tufted duck , coot and mallard.
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Eider ducks were vying with mallard and tufted ducks, the ducklings dodging in and around people's legs.
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My excuse for the gap in my knowledge is that tufted ducks are rarely vocal except during the breeding period.
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The tufted ducks gathered into a loose raft in mid-water and eyed the intruders with disdain.
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I counted more than 30 tufted ducks while at least 80 mallards were making wide sweeps round the pond before resettling.
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Through binoculars we recognised shoveler, teal, pochard and tufted duck , all of which breed in the pools.
wild
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Also two wild ducks in the larder.
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In 1608 famed explorer Captain John Smith reported that great numbers of wild ducks abounded.
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But tiresome authority deems that tickling a trout or two or felling the odd wild duck for the supper table is illegal.
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A report had been received by his inspector that a discreet cull of the wild ducks on Hury Reservoir was under way.
■ NOUN
pond
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Unaccustomed peace settled on the duck pond .
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At weekends he is likely to be found at his stone cottage complete with Aga, stream and duck pond .
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What only a few weeks ago had been a car park was transformed into an ornamental duck pond .
■ VERB
break
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I hope Swindon don't break their duck on saturday.
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The Yorkshire-born jockey broke his duck at Yarmouth in 1967 and has never once doubted his ability to compete with the best.
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That I break his miserable china duck .
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Deano was obviously chuffed to break his duck .
feed
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I wish I had some bread - I like feeding the ducks .
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She poured the peanuts into her palm and fed the duck .
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See them laugh as they feed the ducks .
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Didier was happy to feed the ducks on the river and take me to visit his schoolteacher.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dead duck
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If he's not here on time, he's a dead duck.
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The news program was once considered a dead duck.
lame duck president/governor/legislature etc
like water off a duck's back
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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roast duck
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He went to the brook, and shot a little duck , Right through the middle of the head, head, head.
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In the moonlight it appeared more like a great slab of concrete than a refuge for ducks.
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Most commercial ducks now come from farms in Northern California or the Midwest states, especially Indiana.
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The particular larva around which a mussel pearl forms lives in its adult stage in the eider duck .
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When removing the legs from the duck , make sure to leave enough skin around them to cover the meat.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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He let go and ducked back into the driving rain.
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I eased into an upright position, ducking back out of sight until I heard him start the car and pull away.
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Art, it seems, is the perpetual recidivist, always ducking back into the aesthetic as soon as vigilant life averts its gaze.
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Marion ducked back out, surprised and annoyed, but there was no sign of her.
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He ducked back into the shadows, his face pressed to the door.
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Instinctively, I ducked back a tree or two.
down
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I ducked down and left the doorway and ran along a row of cars to where mine was.
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Others just plunged, simply ducked down and pushed out, fighting up, reaching for air.
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As Taff and I ducked down into the trench I upset the remains of my meal over the floor.
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Kramer had to duck down to get to the toilet.
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He grabbed Vanessa, ducked down behind her.
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We ducked down by the vines, heaving tomatoes at each other.
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He dived behind a storage tank, covering as Forster dropped lightly to his feet and ducked down beside a bench.
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She was hundreds of yards from the cottage when she ducked down , panting.
out
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It took all the strength of Perdita's frantically squeezing legs to stop her ducking out .
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At one point, Blue thinks that he is looking directly at him and ducks out of the way.
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However much he might like to duck out , he can not.
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Sinnett clamped his hand over his mouth and ducked out .
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This boy was more the Weakest Link as he ducked out of taking two decisions to deny Leeds the win they deserved.
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Several of us ducked out under cover of darkness, even as others arrived.
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I know when to duck out for a breather.
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Although Dole was ducking out , the debate will go on as scheduled.
■ NOUN
cover
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Jehan rode up beside it, stepped out of the saddle, and ducked inside the cover .
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Several of us ducked out under cover of darkness, even as others arrived.
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Democrats either ducked for cover or scrambled to put the focus back on Gingrich.
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She said that as she ducked for cover , she saw Combs run for the exit with Lopez.
head
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Whenever the question of whether or not she needed him popped into her head , Constance conveniently ducked it.
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Quickly, head low, he ducked behind the hedge and walked in a crouch to the bushes.
issue
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Don't duck the issues that death raises.
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The protest movement can not duck the issue of the minority of violent anarchists who now exploit it.
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Remember, the one thing you can't do is duck the issue .
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Since the war, governments had by and large ducked the issue .
question
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He did not duck one question .
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Regardless whether you agree with him, he never ducks a question and always seems to have a grasp of the subject.
■ VERB
try
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I tried ducking under broken sections, but they just ducked right down after me.
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Smitty caught it flat-footed; he had not even tried to duck .
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She tried to duck out of his grip, half-succeeding, and he went off-balance.
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Floyd tried to duck out of the booth, but it was too late; he had already been spotted.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I forgot to duck and hit my head on the branch.
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It was a good thing that I ducked when the wind blew the sail around.
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Josie ducked and the vase smashed against the wall.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Culley ducked his face into his shoulder and wiped sweat on to his shirt.
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He ducked under her arm and slammed his elbow into her back knocking her into the wall.
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He did it again, and I would duck .
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He has ducked, bobbed and weaved with it, but he is clearly embarrassed by it now.
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He wriggled into the impulse-suit, ducked his head into the helmet.
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Others just plunged, simply ducked down and pushed out, fighting up, reaching for air.
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The bottom was pebbles, the water was sun-warmed; she ducked her head under and came up feeling faintly sick.