lucked
English
luck
English
Noun
(–)
Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
- The raffle is just a matter of luck .
- Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.
- I couldn’t believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.
- Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.
A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
- He blew on the dice for luck .
- I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.
success
- I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn’t have any luck .
- He has a lot of luck with the ladies, perhaps it is because of his new motorbike.
Synonyms
* fortune (both senses)
Derived terms
* bad luck
* down on one’s luck
* good luck
* luckless
* lucky
* lucky break
* luck out
* luck of the draw
* luck of the Irish
* luck upon
* push one’s luck
* ride one’s luck
* run of bad luck
* sheer luck
* streak of good luck
Verb
(en verb )
To succeed by chance.
- His plan lucked out.
To rely on luck.
- No plan. We’re just to going to have to luck through.
To carry out relying on luck.
- Our plan is to luck it through.
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ducked
English
duck
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Verb
(en verb )
To lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
* Fielding
- Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub.
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one’s head into water or other liquid.
* Dryden
- In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day.
To lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
- (Jonathan Swift)
To bow.
* Shakespeare
- The learned pate / Ducks to the golden fool.
To evade doing something.
To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
* 2007 , Alexander U. Case, Sound FX: unlocking the creative potential of recording studio effects (page 183)
- The music is ducked under the voice.
Synonyms
* (to lower the head) duck down
* (to lower into the water) dip, dunk
* (to lower in order to prevent it from being struck by something) dip
Derived terms
* duck and cover
* duck out
Etymology 2
From (etyl) ducke, dukke, doke, dokke, douke, duke, from (etyl) duce, .
Noun
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
Specifically”, an adult female duck; ”contrasted with” drake ”and with duckling.
(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.
(cricket) A batsman’s score of zero after getting out. (short for duck’s egg, since the digit “0” is round like an egg.)
(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.
A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.
A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
- A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
* 2007 , Cynthia Blair, “It Happened on Long Island: 1988—Suffolk County Adopts the Big Duck,” , 21 Feb.:
- The Big Duck has influenced the world of architecture; any building that is shaped like its product is called a ‘duck ’.
A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children’s games.
(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.
Hyponyms
* (bird) Anas platyrhynchos (domesticus), Mallard-derived domestic breeds, including Pekin, Rouen, Campbell, Call, Runner; Cairina moschata, Muscovy duck
Derived terms
* break one’s duck, break the duck
* Burdekin duck
* dabbling duck
* decoy duck
* diving duck
* duck-arsed
* duckbill
* duck-billed
* duckboard
* duck-footed
* duckling
* duckness
* ducks and drakes
* ducks on the pond
* hunt where the ducks are
* lame duck
* Lord love a duck
* odd duck
* Peking duck
* rubber duck
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* shelduck
* sitting duck
* take to something like a duck to water
See also
* anatine
* drake
* goose
* quack
* swan
* waterfowl
References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker . MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Etymology 3
From (etyl) doek, from (etyl) doeck, .
Noun
(en noun )
A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
* 1912 , , “The Woman At The Store”, from Selected Short Stories :
- He was dressed in a Jaeger vest—a pair of blue duck trousers, fastened round the waist with a plaited leather belt.
Trousers made of such material.
*1918 , (Rebecca West), The Return of the Soldier , Virago 2014, p. 56:
*:And they would go up and find old Allington, in white ducks , standing in the fringe of long grasses and cow-parsley on the other edge of the island […].
Etymology 4
(central England). From (etyl) .
Noun
(en noun )
A term of endearment; pet; darling.
- And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck (William Shakespeare – The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Act 2, Scene 3).
Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
- Ay up duck , ow’a’tha?
Derived terms
* ay up me duck
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