To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one’s head into water or other liquid.
To bow.
To evade doing something.
To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
To enter a place for a short moment.
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
The flesh of a duck used as food.
A batsman’s score of zero after getting out. (short for duck’s egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
A playing card with the rank of two.
A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.
A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
A shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children’s games.
A cairn used to mark a trail.
One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
Trousers made of such material.
A term of endearment; pet; darling.
Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.
The flesh of the goose used as food.
A silly person.
A tailor’s iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
A young woman or girlfriend.
An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.
To sharply poke or pinch someone’s buttocks. Derived from a goose’s inclination to bite at a retreating intruder’s hindquarters.
To stimulate, to spur.
To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.
To hiss (a performer) off the stage.
