Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ducking

/ˈdʌkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: duck-ing
IPA: /ˈdʌkɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of duck

noun

An instance of ducking down, e.g. to hide.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Euphemistic form of fucking.

Humorous; Slang

noun

The act of surreptitiously leaving a rubber duck on someone's parked Jeep as an act of kindness (see Jeep ducking).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment."
"You are the ducking idiot here."
"“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."
"Parliament said she hopes ducking becomes a regular part of Jeep culture, similar to the notorious "Jeep wave" that Wrangler owners are known to do on the road to say "hi" to one another."

Etymology

By surface analysis, duck + -ing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

duckings (plural)

Phrases

ducking coat ducking stool Jeep ducking rubber ducking rubber-ducking

Frequently Paired Words

Jeep ducking rubber ducking

Synonyms

submersion immersion dousing duck hunting

Rhymes With

fucking sucking trucking tucking plucking bucking chucking mucking clucking shucking lucking

Questions

How do you pronounce ducking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʌkɪŋ/.
What does ducking mean?: present participle and gerund of duck
Where does ducking come from?: By surface analysis, duck + -ing.

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