ducking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌkɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌkɪŋ

Etymology 1

Verb

ducking

1. present participle and gerund of duck

Noun

ducking (countable and uncountable, plural duckings)

1. An instance of ducking down, e.g. to hide.
2. An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).

   They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment.

Derived terms

• ducking coat
• ducking stool
• rubber ducking
• rubber-ducking

 

Etymology 2

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Adjective

ducking (not comparable)

1. (slang, humorous) Euphemistic form of fucking.
   • 2015, El Castor, “Re: China sending fighter jets to Syria to assist Russia”, in soc.retirement (Usenet):

     You are the ducking idiot here.

   • 2023 June 7, Callie Holtermann, quoting Craig Federighi, “Apple Knows You Didn’t Mean to Type ‘Ducking’”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     “In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president for software engineering.