A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth. / (in the plural) Trousers made of such material.

(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

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.

(caving) A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.

A term of endearment; pet; darling. / (Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

Obsolete form of duck.

A surname transferred from the nickname. / A town in North Carolina. / An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

simple past tense and past participle of duck

plural of ducke

A children's game in which one participant walks around a circle of others, designating each of them as a "duck" until selecting one as the "goose", who must then chase the selector.