duck

(deyim) Söylenen şeyin, yapılan tavsiyenin vs bir kişiyi etkilemediğini, onun aldırış etmediğini bildirir; tıpkı suyun ördeğin sırtında, tüyleri arasında durmayacağı gibi

Advice and correction roll off him like water off a duck's back. 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.

plunge, dip, dive, duck, steep

dalma, dalış, dalış, ördek, sarp

to play duck and drake

har vurup harman savurmak

vicissy duck

vicissy ördek

be a dead duck

başarısızlığa eli mahkum olmak

{i} ıslanma

{i} suya batma

{i} doktan yapılan pantolon

ducks

(isim) doktan yapılan pantolon

{i} aciz kimse

{i} sakat

{i} topal

like a dying duck

sudan çıkmış balık gibi

like a dying duck

şaşkın şaşkın

like water off a duck's back

(deyim) buz üstüne yazılmış gibi

{k} kolaylıkla aldatılabilen kimse; kolaylıkla saldırılabilecek kimse

(Gıda) yabani kaz

English - English

Definition of duck in English English dictionary: A surname; Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling; 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.; A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space; To try to evade doing something; 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’.; Dear, Mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger)
Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?.; To lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something; To lower (something) into water; A term of endearment; A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.); To lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something; A playing card with the rank of two; The flesh of a duck used as food; An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet; {n} a fowl, word of fondness, cast, stoop, a species of fine canvas; {v} to dive or put under water, dip, stoop; 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; To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip; (v ) see play under; A heavy plain weave cotton fabric for tents and clothing; {f} thrust under water, dunk, immerse; crouch, stoop, dodge; This canvas fabric is plain and durable The name "Duck" originated from the 18th century British trademark worn on the sails of their ships; The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates; 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; a zero individual score, "awarded" to a batter who is "out" without scoring a single earned run; 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; ‑ A course woven fabric made of cotton blends or synthetics of a heavier weight yarn; A place where the water almost fills the cave passage, leaving very little space between the surface of the water and the passage roof; 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; To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow; Avoidance of a horizontal attack by lowering ones head and torso; 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; submerge or plunge suddenly; 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"; to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"; To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion; small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs; 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; A closely woven heavy durable material; {i} type of swimming bird; score of zero; sweetheart, love (term of endearment); bending over; dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"; 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; 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; To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy; 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; flesh of a duck (domestic or wild); (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); 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"; To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw; A passage almost completely filled with water; A batsmans score of zero after getting out. (short for ducks egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)"; 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"; (1) play a small card when holding a higher one; Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ; 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; 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; (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman; 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; A durable, plain weave, closely woven generally made of ply yarns in a variety of weights and thread counts; 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; Strong untwilled linen or cotton fabric, lighter and finer than canvas; used for small sails and men’s 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); A pet; a darling; A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water; 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; a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents; 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; canard; refuse
duck and cover: To duck under a surface and cover one's face with his hands
duck butter: Semen
duck 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
duck dive: the action of duck diving (see verb below)
duck dived: Simple past tense and past participle of duck dive
duck dives: plural form of duck dive
duck diving: Present participle of duck dive
duck 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.
duck 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.
duck 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.
duck soup: Something which is easy; a piece of cake
duck soups: plural form of duck soup
duck 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
duck stamps: plural form of duck stamp
duck tape: Duck brand duct tape
duck tape: Duct tape
If you can't fix it with duck tape, it's not worth fixing.
duck 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
duck'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
duck-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.
duck-arsed: Having or pertaining to a hairstyle of the type called a duck's arse
duck-billed platypuses: plural form of duck-billed platypus
duck-egg blue: A pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs
duck-egg blue colour:.
duck-egg blue: Of a pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs
duck-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.
duck away: Move away while bending down and lowering the head
duck duck 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
duck duck 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
duck duck gray duck: (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
duck 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
duck out: Avoid; escape from something by skillful maneuvering. "Somehow or other Jack always manages to duck out of any hard work."
duck out: Avoid; escape from something by skillful maneuvering: "Somehow or other Jack always manages to duck out of any hard work."
duck's arse: (deyim) A man's hairstyle in which the hair is slicked back on both sides and tapered at the nape
duck's ass: (deyim) A man's hairstyle in which the hair is slicked back on both sides and tapered at the nape
duck bill: {i} platypus, duckbill platypus, Australian mammal with a beak that resembles the bill of a duck
duck blind: A shelter, often camouflaged with reeds and grasses, for concealing duck hunters
duck boards: {i} boards placed for passing over wet or muddy surfaces
duck down: down of the duck
duck hunter: hunter of ducks
duck hunting: {i} hunting ducks
duck out: avoid an unpleasant task, shirk one's responsibility
duck 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
duck pate: a pate made from duck liver
duck sauce: a thick sweet and pungent Chinese condiment
duck soup: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"
duck soup: An easily accomplished task or assignment
duck soup: (Slang) something which is easy to do
duck tail: {i} type of hairstyle (was popular in the 1950's)
duck's meat: {i} type of plant or alga that grows in ditches and shallow water
duck-billed: having a beak like that of a duck
duck-legged: having short legs, having legs resembling those of a duck
duck-like: like a duck, resembling a duck
Burdekin duck: 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 duck: The bird Tadorna radjah, also called the Radjah Shelduck
Daffy Duck: A fictional anthropomorphic black duck of the Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies series of animated cartoons by Warner Bros
Daffy Duck: 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 Duck: 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 Duck: Asteroid 12410
Donald Duck: Having the characteristics of Donald Duck, especially the character's voice
Donald Duck: A fuck
Labrador duck: 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 duck: an endangered dabbling duck endemic to the Hawaiian Islands
Mexican duck: a dabbling duck in the genus Anas which breeds in Mexico and the southern USA
Muscovy duck: An anatide genus Cairina moschata, a large duck which is native to Mexico, Central and South America
Peking duck: A dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, and hoisin sauce and other condiments
all duck or no dinner: All or nothing
baby duck syndrome: The tendency of computer users to always think the operating system they started on is better
break one's duck: To score one's first run in an innings
break one's duck: To do something for the first time
dabbling duck: A duck that feeds by dabbling in shallow water including the mallard and teal
dead duck: 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 duck: One who is in serious danger or trouble
She's a dead duck if she starts flirting with my boyfriend!.
diving duck: A duck that feeds mainly by diving such as the pochard
domestic duck: The domesticated variety of mallard (Anas platyrhyncos)
domestic duck: Any duck that has been domesticated
ducker: One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver
ducking: The action of the verb to duck
ducks: Plural of duck
ducks: Dear (used as a pet name)
Hello ducks, how are you today?.
ferruginous duck: a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia
freckled duck: a moderately large, broad-bodied duck native to southern Australia
golden duck: the score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball faced
harlequin duck: A North American wild duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
in two shakes of a duck's tail: Alternative form of in two shakes
lame duck: A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
lame duck: 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-duck: See lame duck
like a duck 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 duck'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 duck'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 duck: a perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata
mottled duck: a medium-sized dabbling duck
musk duck: a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia
odd duck: 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 duck: To appear to be exactly what one is
If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
rubber duck: A toy, made out of rubber or rubber like plastic, shaped like a duck; usually a floating bathtub toy
sitting duck: 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 duck: To fart
after a fart Whoa! Did somebody step on a duck?.
stiff-tailed duck: a duck of the Oxyurinae subfamily of ducks
tight as a duck's arse: Extremely tight, mean, excessively thrifty
tufted duck: A species of duck, Aythya fuligula
wood duck: A colorful North American duck, Aix sponsa, that nests in hollow trees
decoy-duck: {n} a duck that decoys or lures others
ducker: {n} a person who ducks, a diver, a loon
ducking: {n} the act of putting under water
like water off a duck'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 duck: (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 duck: An inflatable flat-bottomed rubber dinghy, typically motorized
steamer duck: (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 duck'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 Duck: 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 Duck: Walt Disney cartoon duck character
Donald Duck: a character in cartoons made by Walt Disney. He is one of the most famous of all Disney's characters
Peking duck: {i} Chinese dish made of strips of crispy duck served with shredded vegetables and sweet sauce
Peking duck: A Chinese dish of roast duck with crispy skin
black duck: 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 duck: dusky black duck of northeastern United States and Canada
buffel duck: The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large
buffel duck: A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball
buffel duck: Called also bufflehead
buffel duck: {i} small diving duck native to North America with black and white plumage, bufflehead
canvas duck: A fabric made of lightweight cotton or linen
cold duck: pink sparkling wine originally from Germany
cold duck: A beverage made of sparkling Burgundy and champagne
dabbling duck: 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 duck: any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
dead duck: 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 duck: dead; worthless; something useless; in trouble
dead duck: 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 duck: lure or bait; duck that serves to allure others into a net; person employed to entice others into danger
diving duck: any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food
diving duck: 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 duck: a fictional duck created in animated film strips by Walt Disney
ducked: past of duck
ducker: A cringing, servile person; a fawner
ducking: Ducking is used to automatically reduce signal levels when the level of a source signal exceeds a specified threshold It is used for voice-over applications where, for example, level of background music is automatically reduced, allowing an announcer to be heard clearly See Dynamics Processor
ducking: the act of wetting something by submerging it
ducking: hunting ducks
ducking: An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc)
ducking: present participle of duck
ducking: The use of an electronic device to automatically reduce the volume of music or other background fill when an announcer begins speaking
ducking: {i} submersion, immersion, act of wetting something by submerging it
ducking: from Duck, v
ducking: (A) A drenching (German, ducken, to dive under water )
ducks: As used in the play of marble games, another name for a target marble, often seen in the historic record
ducks: A pair of Twos
ducks: {i} pants made of durable closely woven cotton fabric
ducks: a subfamily of birds able to float on water; they have webbed feet and large flat bills for feeding at or just below the surface of water
eider duck: {i} any of several species of large sea duck from which eiderdown is obtained
eider duck: The eider
lame duck: 1) an ineffectual person whose powers are limited 2) an unproductive or disabled business enterprise
lame duck: 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