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US
/ˈdəkɪŋ/
]
[ UK /dˈʌkɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dˈʌkɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
- hunting ducks
How To Use ducking In A Sentence
- Again and again, by feint of foot and hand and body he continued to inveigle Sandel into leaping back, ducking, or countering. A PIECE OF STEAK
- With that retort, Will shoved Mark into a table, but Mark countered, ducking from a roundhouse swing and taking Will's legs out from underneath him.
- Everywhere I saw helicopters jukeing and jinking, ducking and dodging.
- The boys were splashing about and ducking each other in the pool.
- They'd been ducking him in the water. Poor fellow, he cut a sorry figure.
- This is not something that governments can keep ducking. Times, Sunday Times
- Dressed in black (how obvious) the person was creeping toward the house, ducking behind bushes and hedges.
- Only seconds after removing the vent cover and ducking inside, nearly a dozen powerful beams of light swept the area in search of the intruder.
- Pros: Ducking in and out of ice caves adds a nice touch to what could have been a typical roller coaster.
- Should anyone require, however, to pass through the district, he must first of all be locked securely in a cowshed beyond the limits of the village, and there his clothes must be well smoked ( 'fumigated' they call it), and he himself well doused in a ducking-tub, and if he has any coin about him it must be rubbed with ashes, which life-imperilling occupation will be duly attended to by the local gipsies. The Day of Wrath