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Duck vs. Mum — What's the Difference?

Duck vs. Mum — What's the Difference?

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Duck

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are also members of the same family.

Mum

One's mother
She often goes round to see her mum, who lives nearby
Jane worried all the way home about telling Mum

Duck

A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.

Mum

A cultivated chrysanthemum.

Duck

A pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America.
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Mum

Silent.

Duck

An amphibious transport vehicle
Visitors can board an amphibious duck to explore the city

Mum

Act in a traditional masked mime or a mummers' play
After they had masked and mummed, away they went

Duck

A quick lowering of the head.

Mum

Not verbalizing; silent.

Duck

Dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys)
Where've yer been, ducks!
It's time you changed, my duck

Mum

Used as a command to stop speaking.

Duck

A strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails
Cotton duck

Mum

To act or play in a pantomime.

Duck

A batsman's score of nought
He was out for a duck

Mum

To go merrymaking in a mask or disguise especially during a festival.

Duck

Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen
Spectators ducked for cover
He ducked his head and entered

Mum

Mother.

Duck

Push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment
Rufus grabbed him from behind to duck him under the surface

Mum

A chrysanthemum.

Duck

Refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons
Declarer ducked the opening spade lead

Mum

A strong beer originally brewed in Brunswick, Germany.

Duck

Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.

Mum

Mother.

Duck

A female duck.

Mum

Ma'am; a term of respect for an older woman.

Duck

The flesh of a duck used as food.

Mum

A chrysanthemum.

Duck

(Slang) A person, especially one thought of as peculiar.

Mum

A decoration made originally of a real chrysanthemum but now usually an artificial (silk) flower combined with ribbons and marked with such indicators as the wearer's name, school name, the year, and so on; traditionally worn by girls at high school homecoming celebrations.

Duck

Often ducks (used with a sing. verb) Chiefly British A dear.

Mum

(obsolete) silence

Duck

A quick lowering of the head or body.

Mum

A type of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.

Duck

A plunge under water.

Mum

(colloquial) Silent.

Duck

A durable, closely woven heavy cotton or linen fabric.

Mum

(colloquial) Secret.

Duck

Ducks Clothing made of duck, especially white pants.

Mum

Stop speaking!, stop talking!, hush!

Duck

An amphibious military truck used during World War II.

Mum

To act in a pantomime or dumb show.

Duck

A similar vehicle used for civilian purposes, as to evacuate flood victims or for sightseeing tours. In both senses also called DUKW.

Mum

Silent; not speaking; as, to keep mum.
The citizens are mum, and speak not a word.

Duck

To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something
Ducked his head as the ball came toward him.

Mum

Be silent! Hush!
Mum, then, and no more.

Duck

To evade; dodge
Duck responsibility.
Ducked the reporter's question.

Mum

Silence.

Duck

To push (a person, for example) suddenly under water.

Mum

A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.
The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum.

Duck

In bridge, to deliberately play a card that is lower than (an opponent's card).

Mum

Of China

Duck

To lower the head or body.

Mum

Informal terms for a mother

Duck

To move swiftly, especially so as to escape being seen
Ducked behind a bush.

Mum

Secrecy;
Mum's the word

Duck

To submerge the head or body briefly in water.

Mum

Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to;
The witness remained silent

Duck

To evade a responsibility or obligation. Often used with out
Duck out on one's family.

Duck

In bridge, to lose a trick by deliberately playing lower than one's opponent.

Duck

(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
Duck! There's a branch falling off the tree!

Duck

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

Duck

(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

Duck

(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

Duck

(intransitive) To bow.

Duck

(transitive) To evade doing something.

Duck

(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

Duck

(intransitive) To enter a place for a short moment.
I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?

Duck

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

Duck

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

Duck

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

Duck

(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.

Duck

(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)

Duck

(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.

Duck

A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.

Duck

A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.

Duck

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

Duck

One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.

Duck

Synonym of lame duck

Duck

(medicine) A long-necked medical urinal for men.

Duck

A faggot; a meatball made from offal.

Duck

A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

Duck

(in plural) Trousers made of such material.

Duck

A term of endearment; pet; darling.

Duck

(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?

Duck

A pet; a darling.

Duck

A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, - used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

Duck

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Duck

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

Duck

A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
Here be, without duck or nod,Other trippings to be trod.

Duck

To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub.

Duck

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

Duck

To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

Duck

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.
In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day.

Duck

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.
The learned pateDucks to the golden fool.

Duck

Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

Duck

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Duck

Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

Duck

A heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

Duck

To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;
Before he could duck, another stone struck him

Duck

Submerge or plunge suddenly

Duck

Dip into a liquid;
He dipped into the pool

Duck

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);
He dodged the issue
She skirted the problem
They tend to evade their responsibilities
He evaded the questions skillfully

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