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ducking¹

  • /ˈdʌkɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌkɪŋ

Where it comes from

By surface analysis, duck + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of duck

noun duckings

  1. countable, uncountable An instance of ducking down, e.g. to hide.
  2. countable, uncountable An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc). They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment.

ducking²

  • /ˈdʌkɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌkɪŋ

Where it comes from

Suggested by predictive text or autocorrect on some devices.

adjective

  1. euphemistic, humorous, not comparable, slang Euphemistic form of fucking You are the ducking idiot here.

ducking³

  • /ˈdʌkɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌkɪŋ

Where it comes from

Nominalization of duck (verb), a denominal verb of duck (noun), from ellipsis of rubber duck.

noun duckings

  1. uncountable, usually The act of surreptitiously leaving a rubber duck on someone's parked Jeep as an act of kindness (see Jeep ducking). Parliament said she hopes ducking becomes a regular part of Jeep culture, similar to the notorious "Jeep wave" that Wrangler owners are known to do on the road to say "hi" to one another.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dousing, immersion, stool, dodging, lying, avoiding, circumventing, evading, duck dive, rubber-ducking, duckdive, ducklet, summer duck, doucker, duckling, duckfluff

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"ducking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ducking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"ducking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ducking.

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@misc{ducking_2026,
  title = {ducking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ducking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}