The difference between Duck and Dunk
When used as nouns, duck means an aquatic bird of the family anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, whereas dunk means the act of dunking, particularly in basketball.
When used as verbs, duck means to quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something, whereas dunk means to submerge briefly in a liquid.
check bellow for the other definitions of Duck and Dunk
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Duck as a verb (intransitive):
To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
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Duck as a verb (transitive):
To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
Examples:
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Duck as a verb (transitive):
To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
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Duck as a verb (intransitive):
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
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Duck as a verb (intransitive):
To bow.
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Duck as a verb (transitive):
To evade doing something.
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Duck as a verb (transitive):
To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
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Duck as a verb (intransitive, Australia):
To enter a place for a short moment.
Examples:
"I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?"
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Duck as a noun:
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
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Duck as a noun:
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
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Duck as a noun (uncountable):
The flesh of a duck used as food.
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Duck as a noun (cricket):
A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
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Duck as a noun (slang):
A playing card with the rank of two.
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Duck as a noun:
A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.
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Duck as a noun:
A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
Examples:
"A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly."
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Duck as a noun:
A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
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Duck as a noun (US):
A cairn used to mark a trail.
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Duck as a noun:
One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
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Duck as a noun:
A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
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Duck as a noun (in plural):
Trousers made of such material.
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Duck as a noun:
; pet; darling.
Examples:
"And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck'' (William Shakespeare - The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Act 2, Scene 3)."
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Duck as a noun (Midlands):
Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
Examples:
"Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?"
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Dunk as a verb:
To submerge briefly in a liquid.
Examples:
"I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider."
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Dunk as a verb:
To set down carelessly.
Examples:
"Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV."
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Dunk as a verb (ambitransitive, basketball):
To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
Examples:
"The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority."
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Dunk as a noun:
The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.
Examples:
"The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk."