Duck vs Sick - What's the difference?
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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
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
* Dryden
To lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
To bow.
* Shakespeare
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)
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.
* 2007 , Cynthia Blair, "It Happened on Long Island: 1988—Suffolk County Adopts the Big Duck," , 21 Feb.:
A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.
A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
* 1912 , , "The Woman At The Store", from Selected Short Stories :
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 […].
A term of endearment; pet; darling.
Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
In poor health.
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, chapter=7 (colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
(colloquial) In bad taste.
Having an urge to vomit.
(slang) Very good, excellent, awesome.
In poor condition.
(agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.
Tired of or annoyed by something.
Sick people in general as a group.
(colloquial) vomit.
To vomit.
:I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.
(obsolete) To fall sick; to sicken.
* circa 1598 , William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, part 2 :
(rare)
* 1920 , James Oliver Curwood, "Back to God's Country"
* 1938 , Eugene Gay-Tifft, translator, The Saga of Frank Dover by Johannes Buchholtz, 2005 Kessinger Publishing edition, ISBN 141915222X, page 125,
* 1957 , , 1991 LB Books edition, page 154,
* 2001 (publication date), Anna Heilman, Never Far Away: The Auschwitz Chronicles of Anna Heilman , University of Calgary Press, ISBN 1552380408, page 82,
As a proper noun duck
is .As an adjective sick is
in poor health.As a noun sick is
sick people in general as a group.As a verb sick is
to vomit or sick can be (rare).duck
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub.
- In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day.
- (Jonathan Swift)
- The learned pate / Ducks to the golden fool.
- 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) dipDerived terms
* duck and cover * duck outEtymology 2
From (etyl) ducke, dukke, doke, dokke, douke, duke, from (etyl) duce, .Noun
- A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
- The Big Duck has influenced the world of architecture; any building that is shaped like its product is called a ‘duck ’.
Hyponyms
* (bird) Anas platyrhynchos (domesticus), Mallard-derived domestic breeds, including Pekin, Rouen, Campbell, Call, Runner; Cairina moschata, Muscovy duckDerived 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 * * shelduck * sitting duck * take to something like a duck to waterSee also
* anatine * drake * goose * quack * swan * waterfowlReferences
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Etymology 3
From (etyl) doek, from (etyl) doeck, .Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (Scotland)Noun
(en noun)- He was dressed in a Jaeger vest—a pair of blue duck trousers, fastened round the waist with a plaited leather belt.
Etymology 4
(central England). From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- 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?
Synonyms
* SeeDerived terms
* ay up me duckReferences
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English
(wikipedia sick)Etymology 1
Middle English sek, sik, from (etyl) .Adjective
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Synonyms
* (in poor health) ill, not well, poorly (British), sickly, unwell * (mentally unstable) disturbed, twisted, warped. * (having an urge to vomit) nauseated, nauseous * rad, wicked * See alsoAntonyms
* (in poor health) fit, healthy, well * (excellent) crap, naff, uncoolDerived terms
* airsick * be sick * brainsick * carsick * dogsick * fall sick * heartsick * homesick * iron-sick, iron sick, ironsick * junk sick * lovesick * nailsick, nail sick, nailsick * seasick * sick and tired * sick and twisted * sick as a dog * sick bag * sickbay * sickbed * sick building syndrome * sick day * sicken * sickening * sickhouse * sickie * sickish * sick joke * sickly * sickness * sick note * sick pay * sick puppy * sicko * sickout * sickroom * sick to one's stomach * soulsick * thoughtsickNoun
(-)- We have to cure the sick .
- He lay there in a pool of his own sick .
Synonyms
* (vomit) SeeVerb
(en verb)- Our great-grandsire, Edward, sick'd and died.
Etymology 2
Verb
(en verb)- "Wapi," she almost screamed, "go back! Sick' 'em, Wapi—'''sick''' 'em—'''sick''' 'em—' sick 'em!"
- When we were at work swabbing the deck, necessarily barelegged, Pelle would sick the dog on us; and it was an endless source of pleasure to him when the dog succeeded in fastening its teeth in our legs and making the blood run down our ankles.
- "...is just something God sicks on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world."
- Now they find a new entertainment: they sick the dog on us.