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Webster 1913 Edition

Ducking

Duck′ing

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Noun.
&
Adj.
, from
Duck
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Verb.
T.
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I.
Ducking stool
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a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See
Cucking stool
. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century.
Blackstone. Chambers.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ducking

DUCKING

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ppr.
Plunging; thrusting suddenly into water and withdrawing; dipping.

DUCKING

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Noun.
The act of plunging or putting in water and withdrawing. Ducking is a punishment of offenders in France, and among English seamen, it is a penalty to which sailors are subject on passing, for the first time, the equator or tropic.

Definition 2024

ducking

ducking

English

Verb

ducking

  1. present participle of duck

Noun

ducking ‎(countable and uncountable, plural duckings)

  1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
  2. (countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
    They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment.

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʌkɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌkɪŋ

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