Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ducking
IPA transcription: [d'ʌkɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: ducking, duck_hunting
    Meaning: hunting ducks
Usage examples
  • Clambering out he squared off for fight, but the only fight he got was another ducking in the pool.
  • Every time he would move she would follow him, with the result that everything she came in contact with got a ducking.
  • But you may suppose I paid no heed; jumping, ducking, and breaking through, I ran straight before my nose till I could run no longer.
  • Tom saw the fellow slink with the manner of one who knew the ins and outs of the place well,--now gliding, and ducking low in the sparser growth, now making a bold run around some exposed curve, now dashing into a dense part of the wood.
  • Day or night, it was all the same to him; if a fire broke out, there he was in the midst of the bustle, running from one engine to another, anxiously looking after the firemen; and, although pressed upon by crowds, yet, from his dexterity, he always escaped accidents, only now and then getting a ducking from the engines, which he rather liked than otherwise.