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

present participle of duck

(uncountable) The action of the verb to duck. / (countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).

(slang, humorous) Euphemistic form of fucking.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duck

plural of duck

(poker slang) A pair of twos. / (Britain, chiefly Northern England, used vocatively) Dear (used as a pet name). / (nautical) The light trousers worn by sailors in hot climates.

simple past tense and past participle of duck and cover

simple past tense and past participle of rubber-duck

(rhyming slang) Fucked.