Duck vs. Turkey

Duckverb

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

Turkeynoun

Either of two species of bird in the genus Meleagris with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks.

Duckverb

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

Turkeynoun

(uncountable) The meat or flesh of this bird eaten as food

‘All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.’;

Duckverb

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

Turkeynoun

(colloquial) A failure.

‘That film was a turkey.’;

Duckverb

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

Turkeynoun

A foolish or inept person.

‘The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.’;

Duckverb

(intransitive) To bow.

Turkeynoun

(bowling) An act of throwing three strikes in a row.

Duckverb

(transitive) To evade doing something.

Turkeynoun

(obsolete) The guinea fowl (Numida meleagris).

Duckverb

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

Turkeynoun

A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.

Duckverb

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?’;

Turkeynoun

A large travel bag; a suitcase; a pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle.

Ducknoun

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

Turkey

A country in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.

Ducknoun

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

Turkeynoun

Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.

Ducknoun

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

Turkeynoun

large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

Ducknoun

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

Turkeynoun

a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923

Ducknoun

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

Turkeynoun

a person who does something thoughtless or annoying;

‘some joker is blocking the driveway’;

Ducknoun

A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.

Turkeynoun

flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted

Ducknoun

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.’;

Turkeynoun

an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual;

‘the first experiment was a real turkey’; ‘the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned’;

Ducknoun

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

Turkeynoun

wild turkey of Central America and northern South America

Ducknoun

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

Turkeynoun

a country comprising the whole of the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia, with a small portion in south-eastern Europe to the west of Istanbul; population 78,700,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Turkish; capital, Ankara.

Ducknoun

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

Turkey

Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye [ˈtyɾcije]), officially the Republic of Turkey, is a country bridging Europe and Asia. It shares borders with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea to the west.

Ducknoun

A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

Ducknoun

(in plural) Trousers made of such material.

Ducknoun

A term of endearment; pet; darling.

‘And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck (William Shakespeare - The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Act 2, Scene 3).’;

Ducknoun

(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

‘Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?’;

Ducknoun

A pet; a darling.

Ducknoun

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.

Ducknoun

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Ducknoun

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

Ducknoun

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.’;

Duckverb

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.’;

Duckverb

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

Duckverb

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

Duckverb

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.’;

Duckverb

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

‘The learned pateDucks to the golden fool.’;

Ducknoun

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

Ducknoun

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Ducknoun

flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

Ducknoun

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

Duckverb

to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;

‘Before he could duck, another stone struck him’;

Duckverb

submerge or plunge suddenly

Duckverb

dip into a liquid;

‘He dipped into the pool’;

Duckverb

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’;

Ducknoun

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

Ducknoun

a female duck.

Ducknoun

a duck as food

‘a tangy stew of duck, lamb, and sausage’;

Ducknoun

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

Ducknoun

an amphibious transport vehicle

‘visitors can board an amphibious duck to explore the city’;

Ducknoun

a quick lowering of the head.

Ducknoun

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’;

Ducknoun

a strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails

‘cotton duck’;

Ducknoun

trousers made of duck.

Ducknoun

a batsman's score of nought

‘he was out for a duck’;

Duckverb

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’;

Duckverb

depart quickly

‘I thought I saw you duck out’;

Duckverb

avoid (a blow or missile) by moving quickly

‘he ducked a punch from an angry first baseman’;

Duckverb

evade or avoid (an unwelcome duty or undertaking)

‘a responsibility which a less courageous man might well have ducked’; ‘I was engaged twice and ducked out both times’;

Duckverb

push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment

‘Rufus grabbed him from behind to duck him under the surface’;

Duckverb

refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons

‘declarer ducked the opening spade lead’;

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.