Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

duck typing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: duck- -typ-ing
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style of dynamic typing in which an object's current set of methods and properties determines the valid semantics, rather than its inheritance from a particular class or implementation of a specific interface.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Ruby proponents call this duck typing::^([sic]) if the variable responds to a message that asks it to quack like a duck and it quacks, it must be a duck. This is clearly different from the way that Java (and other strongly typed languages) work, […]"

Etymology

From the so-called duck test: “if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.”

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

typology

Questions

What does duck typing mean?: A style of dynamic typing in which an object's current set of methods and properties determines the valid semantics, rather than its inheritance from a particular class or implementation of a specific interface.
Where does duck typing come from?: From the so-called duck test: “if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.”

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