Definition of ducking. Meaning of ducking. Synonyms of ducking

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Definition of ducking

Ducking
Duck Duck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ducked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ducking.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. t?hhan, MHG. tucken, t["u]cken, t?chen, G. tuchen. Cf. 5th Duck.] 1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. --Fielding. 2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. 3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. `` Will duck his head aside.' --Swift.
Ducking
Ducking Duck"ing, n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i. Ducking stool, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See Cucking stool. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers.

Meaning of ducking from wikipedia

- ducking is an audio effect commonly used in radio and pop music , especially in other words, one track is made quieter (the ducked track
- ducking-stools and cucking-stools are chairs formerly used for punishment of disorderly women, scolds and dishonest tradesmen in england
- in the card game of contract bridge , to duck (or ducking) means to play low to a trick to which one has led, losing it intentionally in
- ducking the devil is a 1957 merrie melodies animated cartoon with daffy duck and the tasmanian devil . synopsis: at a zoo, a cage was
- ducking and diving is the fifth episode of series two of the bbc 's robin hood series. it was shown on saturday 3 november 2007 on bbc
- a ducking they did go is the 38th short subject starring american slapstick dressed in duck-hunting gear, larry, moe, and curly invade
- the practice of shaving new seamen and ducking them in the sea the first time they cross the tropic of cancer . the custom, common on 18th
- rubber duck debugging rubber ducking and the rubber duckie test are informal terms used in software engineering to refer to a method of
- in scotland, this may be called 'dooking i.e. ducking . in ireland, mainly county kerry , it is known as 'snap apple', and in newfoundland
- true popular science, november 1943, 'ducking bridge' lowers span to allow ships to pass built in iraq in 1943 (bottom-right hand side of page)