ducking

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʌkɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌkɪŋ

Verb

ducking

  1. present participle of duck

Noun

ducking (countable and uncountable, plural duckings)

  1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
  2. (countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
    They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Chosen for the rhyme.

Adjective

ducking (not comparable)

  1. (slang, euphemistic) fucking (as intensifier)
    • 2015, "El Castor", Re: China sending fighter jets to Syria to assist Russia (on newsgroup soc.retirement)
      You are the ducking idiot here.
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