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{
"term": "duck",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"image": "data/images/bi/birds_poultry.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a common bird that lives on or near water and has short legs, webbed feet (= feet with thin pieces of skin between the toes) and a wide beak. There are many types of duck, some of which are kept for their meat or eggs.",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "wild ducks"
},
{
"text": "duck eggs"
},
{
"text": "Every afternoon they went to the park to feed the ducks."
},
{
"text": "Ducks were quacking noisily on the lake."
},
{
"text": "A flock of ducks bobbed near the shore."
},
{
"text": "A rubber duck floated in the bath."
},
{
"text": "Some species of duck dive for food, while others dabble for plants and insects near the surface."
},
{
"text": "The ducks paddled furiously to grab the bread."
}
],
"topics": ["Birds"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["wild", "long-tailed", "mallard"],
"… of ducks": ["flock"],
"verb + duck": ["feed", "hunt"],
"duck + verb": ["quack", "paddle", "swim"],
"duck + noun": ["breast", "confit", "egg"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a female duck",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Birds"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "meat from a duck",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "roast duck with orange sauce"
},
{
"text": "Slice the duck breast and serve."
},
{
"text": "In a large saucepan, melt the duck fat."
}
],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["wild", "long-tailed", "mallard"],
"… of ducks": ["flock"],
"verb + duck": ["feed", "hunt"],
"duck + verb": ["quack", "paddle", "swim"],
"duck + noun": ["breast", "confit", "egg"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a friendly way of speaking to somebody",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Anything else, duck?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a batter's score of zero",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was out for a duck."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a plan, an event, etc. that has failed or is certain to fail and that is therefore not worth discussing",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have made all the preparations needed to do something; to be well organized",
"labels": "(especially North American English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The company has its ducks in a row for a move into the Asian market."
},
{
"text": "Get your ducks in a row before you retire."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "(to become used to something) very easily, without any problems or fears",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She has taken to teaching like a duck to water."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that something, especially criticism, has no effect on somebody/something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't tell my son what to do; it's water off a duck's back with him."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dʌk/",
"audio": "du/duck/duck__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dʌk/",
"audio": "du/duck/duck__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 3 Old English duce, from the Germanic base of duck in the verb sense (expressing the notion of ‘diving bird’). noun sense 5 mid 19th cent.: short for duck's egg, used for the figure 0 because of its similar outline. noun sense 4 late 16th cent.: from duck, the bird."
}