ducking
- n hunting ducks
- n the act of wetting something by submerging it
- v to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
- v submerge or plunge suddenly
- v dip into a liquid
- v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
ducking stool
- n an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water
duckpin
- n a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin
duckpins
- n a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider
- n a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin