Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Excellent; fine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Brit. a special loved one; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.
- adjective informal fine; satisfactory; excellent.
- adjective informal charming; cute.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective slang, archaic
Great ; going well; proceeding in an eminentlyagreeable fashion. - noun A
pet name used affectionately. - noun childish A
duck (aquatic bird).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a special loved one
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Examples
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Also, Matt, that rubber ducky is very nicely placed, sir! paul tremblay says:
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One ducky is all it takes before ALL the toddlers are snatching duckies and taking our credit cards and and drinking our beer and calling for revolution and turning North America into a Mini-Maoist wasteland, littered with beer-sticky sippy cups and crayon-scrawled placards and cheap-assed Made In Alberta duckies and ruled by a bicky-sucking, blankie-toting military prole dictatorship.
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Inspector Cockrill did not care for being called ducky by Mr Cecil.
Tour de Force Brand, Christianna, 1907- 1955
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I never said I was offended that you called dukkillr "ducky".
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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I never said I was offended that you called dukkillr "ducky".
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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I never said I was offended that you called dukkillr "ducky".
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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I never said I was offended that you called dukkillr "ducky".
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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They are easy to blow and get a "ducky" quack, and you can find a replacement just about anywhere if you lose it or break it.
I am a beginner hunter and wanted to get some calls for duck and goose. 2009
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They are easy to blow and get a "ducky" quack, and you can find a replacement just about anywhere if you lose it or break it.
I am a beginner hunter and wanted to get some calls for duck and goose. 2009
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Duck calls come in single - and double-reed models; most beginners find double reeds require less effort to blow and are easier to get a "ducky" sound from.
Get Quacking 1999
the_grene_kni3t commented on the word ducky
As a word for a duck, this is unacceptable. However, as a familiar and affectionate form of address to total strangers, it has a certain charm.
December 29, 2006
pterodactyl commented on the word ducky
I think this word is just ducky.
October 15, 2008
jo-ster commented on the word ducky
i like this word alot.
December 15, 2010