¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ducked
1. duck [v] - See also: duck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ducked
Literary usage of Ducked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles ( Dickens (1865)
"Therefore, not to bo remiss in his duty as a father, he threw a pair of sea-boots
at Pleasant, which she ducked to avoid, and then cried, poor thing, ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"He ducked his head, so that the mud hit him in the middle of the skull. There was
a stone in it with several sharp angles, one of which striking him, ..."
3. The Barrister: Being Anecdotes of the Late Tom Nolan of the New York Bar by Charles Frederick Stansbury (1902)
"... Nolan ducked to Avoid a Blast. POLICE COMMISSIONER SEXTON, Barrister Nolan
and Register Fromme were walking across the golf links at Deal, New Jersey, ..."
Other Resources:
Afrikaans