ducks Synonyms & Antonyms

Ducks in a Sentence

Hello ducks, how are you today?

I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?

A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.

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

Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?

Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.

The menu features roast duck.

You lucky duck!

duck the issue

her coworkers regard her as something of an odd duck

don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work

duck behind a pillar before they see us

ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke

Word Forms & Grammar

ducks

duck

get her ducks in a row

get his ducks in a row

get its ducks in a row

get my ducks in a row

get one's ducks in a row

get our ducks in a row

get their ducks in a row

get your ducks in a row

getting her ducks in a row

getting his ducks in a row

getting its ducks in a row

getting my ducks in a row

getting one's ducks in a row

getting our ducks in a row

getting their ducks in a row

getting your ducks in a row

got her ducks in a row

got his ducks in a row

got its ducks in a row

got my ducks in a row

got one's ducks in a row

got our ducks in a row

got their ducks in a row

got your ducks in a row

gotten her ducks in a row

gotten his ducks in a row

gotten its ducks in a row

gotten my ducks in a row

gotten one's ducks in a row

gotten our ducks in a row

gotten their ducks in a row

gotten your ducks in a row

had her ducks in a row

had his ducks in a row

had its ducks in a row

had my ducks in a row

had one's ducks in a row

had our ducks in a row

had their ducks in a row

had your ducks in a row

has her ducks in a row

has his ducks in a row

has its ducks in a row

has my ducks in a row

has one's ducks in a row

has our ducks in a row

has their ducks in a row

has your ducks in a row

have her ducks in a row

have his ducks in a row

have its ducks in a row

have my ducks in a row

have one's ducks in a row

have our ducks in a row

have their ducks in a row

have your ducks in a row

having her ducks in a row

having his ducks in a row

having its ducks in a row

having my ducks in a row

having one's ducks in a row

having our ducks in a row

having their ducks in a row

having your ducks in a row

lucky duck

lucky ducks

put her ducks in a row

put his ducks in a row

put its ducks in a row

put my ducks in a row

put one's ducks in a row

put our ducks in a row

put their ducks in a row

put your ducks in a row

puts her ducks in a row

puts his ducks in a row

puts its ducks in a row

puts my ducks in a row

puts one's ducks in a row

puts our ducks in a row

puts their ducks in a row

puts your ducks in a row

putting her ducks in a row

putting his ducks in a row

putting its ducks in a row

putting my ducks in a row

putting one's ducks in a row

putting our ducks in a row

putting their ducks in a row

putting your ducks in a row

ducked

duck·ing

duck·er noun

ducker

duckers

ducking

Words That Rhyme With Ducks

Origin of Ducks

Origin 1: Middle English duk, doke, from Old English dūce

Origin 2: Middle English douken; akin to Old High German tūhhan to dive, Old English dūce duck

Origin 3: Dutch doek cloth; akin to Old High German tuoh cloth

Origin 4: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Origin 5: From the shape of the numeral 2, looking like the profile of a duck.

Origin 6: From duck (“darling”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Origin 7: From duck (“tightly woven cotton fabric”).

First Known Use

before 12th century

14th centuryt

1640

1554