Donald Duck

/ˌdɒ.nəlˈdʌk//ˌdɒ.nəldˈdʌk/

proper noun

One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic white-feathered duck who usually wears a sailor suit and is known for his voice especially in tantrums.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic white-feathered duck who usually wears a sailor suit and is known for his voice especially in tantrums.

    And then the most Donald Duck-like screaming and jabbering you ever heard.

    1945, Ernie Pyle, edited by David Nichols, Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches, Touchstone Books, published 1987, page 399
    3 more examples

    Single-handed [sic] he swung the staid Western Union from its ordinary singing-telegram policy to the point where local patrons can request that their greeting be sung in Donald Duck voice.

    1941 March 6, “Screwy Hall Of Fame Presents A Quack”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    DSP can also eliminate ghost images from TV screens and banish those irritating Donald Duck squeaks and quacks from speeded-up playback of tape-recorded voice messages.

    1992 April, Gene Bylinsky, “A U.S. Comeback in Electronics”, in Fortune, volume 125, number 8, page 77

    Perched securely in the rafters and using a walkie-talkie to communicate with colleagues on the airdock's floor, Lachenmeier was amused to find his voice had risen into the Donald Duck register due to the bubble of escaping helium spreading along the ceiling.

    1992 May, Sturat F. Brown, “Earthwinds Waits on the Weather”, in Popular Science, volume 240, number 5, page 80
  2. The asteroid 12410.
  3. USderogatoryhumorousslangDonald Trump.
nounDonald Duck (plural Donald Ducks)

plural Donald Ducks

  1. CockneyslangA fuck.

    Look, I don't give a Donald Duck how you do it. Do it.

    2010, Eric Morecambe, Mr Lonely, page 16

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Translations

Arabic بَطُّوط, دُونَالْد دَاك
  • بَطُّوط (baṭṭūṭ)Disney character
  • دُونَالْد دَاك (dūnāld dāk)Disney character
Basque Donald ahatea
  • Donald ahateaDisney character
Bulgarian До́налд Дък
  • До́налд Дък (Dónald Dăk)Disney character
Catalan Ànec Donald
  • Ànec DonaldDisney character
Chinese Cantonese 唐老鴨 /唐老鸭
  • 唐老鴨 /唐老鸭Disney character
Chinese Mandarin 唐老鴨 /唐老鸭
  • 唐老鴨 /唐老鸭 (Tánglǎoyā)Disney character
Czech Kačer Donald
  • Kačer DonaldDisney character
Danish Anders And
  • Anders AndDisney character
Dutch Donald Duck
  • Donald DuckDisney character
Esperanto Donaldo Anaso
  • Donaldo AnasoDisney character
Estonian Piilupart Donald
  • Piilupart DonaldDisney character
Finnish Aku Ankka, Donald Duck
  • Aku AnkkaDisney character
  • Donald Duckasteroid
French Donald Duck, Donald
  • Donald DuckDisney character
  • DonaldDisney character
German Donald Duck
  • Donald DuckDisney character
Greek Ντόναλντ Ντακ
  • Ντόναλντ Ντακ (Ntónalnt Ntak)Disney character
Hebrew דוֹנָלְד דָאק
  • דוֹנָלְד דָאק (Dónald Dak)Disney character
Hindi डोनाल्ड डक
  • डोनाल्ड डक (ḍonālḍ ḍak)Disney character
Hungarian Donald kacsa
  • Donald kacsaDisney character
Icelandic Andrés Önd
  • Andrés ÖndDisney character
Indonesian Donal Bebek
  • Donal BebekDisney character
Italian Paolino Paperino, Paperino
  • Paolino PaperinoDisney character
  • PaperinoDisney character
Japanese ドナルドダック
  • ドナルドダック (Donarudo Dakku)Disney character
Korean 도널드 덕
  • 도널드 덕 (Doneoldeu Deok)Disney character
Latin Donaldus Anas
  • Donaldus AnasDisney character
Latvian Donalds Daks
  • Donalds DaksDisney character
Lithuanian Antulis Donaldas
  • Antulis DonaldasDisney character
Norwegian Bokmål Donald Duck, Donald Duck
  • Donald DuckDisney character
  • Donald Duckasteroid
Persian دونالد داک, دانلد داک
  • دونالد داک (donâld dâk)Disney character
  • دانلد داک (dânald dâk)Disney character
Polish Kaczor Donald, Kaczor Donald
  • Kaczor DonaldDisney character
  • Kaczor Donaldasteroid
Portuguese Pato Donald
  • Pato DonaldDisney character
Romanian Rățoiul Donald, Donald Duck
  • Rățoiul DonaldDisney character
  • Donald DuckDisney character
Russian До́нальд Дак
  • До́нальд Дак (Dónalʹd Dak)Disney character
Slovak Káčer Donald
  • Káčer DonaldDisney character
Spanish Pato Donald
  • Pato DonaldDisney character
Swedish Kalle Anka
  • Kalle AnkaDisney character
Thai โดนัลด์ ดั๊ก
  • โดนัลด์ ดั๊ก (doo-nalt dák)Disney character
Turkish Donald Amca
  • Donald AmcaDisney character
Ukrainian До́нальд Дак
  • До́нальд Дак (Dónalʹd Dak)Disney character
Urdu ڈونلڈ ڈک
  • ڈونلڈ ڈک (ḍonalḍ ḍak)Disney character
Vietnamese Vịt Donald
  • Vịt DonaldDisney character
Yiddish דאָנאַלד דאָק
  • דאָנאַלד דאָק (donald dok)Disney character
Cite this entry
APA

Donald Duck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Donald%20Duck

MLA

“Donald Duck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Donald%20Duck. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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