duck

I verb

1) (to push briefly under water: They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.) potopiti (se)

2) (to lower the head suddenly as if to avoid a blow: He ducked as the ball came at him.) skloniti se, skriti se

II plurals - ducks, duck; noun

1) (a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.) raca

2) (a female duck. See also drake.) raca

3) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) ničla (pri kriketu)

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- duckling

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I [dʌk]

noun

zoology raca; amfibijsko vozilo; colloquially srček, ljubček; očarljiva oseba; American military našiv; bankrotnik, dolžnik; invalid; colloquially nič, ničla (kriket)

a lame duck — dolžnik; invalid

like a duck in a thunderstorm — potrt, otožen; zgubljen

to play ( —ali make) ducks and drakes — metati žabice (na vodni gladini); zapravljati

to make a duck — ne zadeti nobene točke (v kriketu)

like water off a duck's back — brez učinka, kot bob ob steno

colloquially a duck of a — očarljiv

(to take to s.th.) like a duck to water — (lotiti se česa) z veseljem, brez obotavljanja

a fine day for young ducks — deževno vreme

duck's egg sport nič, nobena točka (kriket)

II [dʌk]

intransitive verb & transitive verb

počeniti, počepati; hitro glavo skloniti, ukloniti se; potapljati, potopiti (se); race loviti

colloquially prikloniti se; slang to duck out — popihati jo

to duck under — popustiti

III [dʌk]

noun

nagla sklonitev, počep, potopitev

IV [dʌk]

noun

vrsta surovega platna; plural hlače iz takega blaga

V [dʌk]

noun

colloquially izkrcevalni čoln za amfibije