DUCK


Meaning of DUCK in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ wild

▪ long-tailed , mallard , etc.

▪ plastic , rubber

A rubber ~ floated in the bath.

▪ roast , roasted ( esp. AmE )

… OF DUCKS

▪ flock

A flock of ~s bobbed near the shore.

VERB + DUCK

▪ feed

Every afternoon they went to the park to feed the ~s.

▪ hunt

DUCK + VERB

▪ quack

▪ paddle , swim

The ~s paddled furiously to grab the bread.

▪ bob

▪ dive

▪ dabble

▪ waddle

A family of ~s waddled along the river bank.

▪ nest

▪ fly

▪ migrate

DUCK + NOUN

▪ breast

Slice the ~ breast and serve.

▪ confit

▪ egg

▪ fat

In a large saucepan, melt the ~ fat.

▪ pond

▪ blind (= a small shelter from where you can watch ducks) ( AmE )

▪ hunter , hunting (both AmE )

▪ season (= the time when ducks are hunted) ( AmE )

II.

verb

Duck is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ head , ↑ responsibility

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .