ducking

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of duck

plural duckings

1. countableuncountableAn instance of ducking down, e.g. to hide.
2. countableuncountableAn instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).

   They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment.

1. euphemistichumorousnot comparableslangEuphemistic form of fucking.

   You are the ducking idiot here.

   2015, El Castor, “Re: China sending fighter jets to Syria to assist Russia”, in soc.retirement (Usenet)

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   “In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president for software engineering.

   2023 June 7, Callie Holtermann, quoting Craig Federighi, “Apple Knows You Didn’t Mean to Type ‘Ducking’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2023

plural duckings

1. uncountableusuallyThe act of surreptitiously leaving a rubber duck on someone's parked Jeep as an act of kindness (see Jeep ducking).

   Parliament said she hopes ducking becomes a regular part of Jeep culture, similar to the notorious "Jeep wave" that Wrangler owners are known to do on the road to say "hi" to one another.

   2020 July 29, Susannah Sudborough, “It may sound quacky, but Jeep ducking is a real thing and it's right here in Taunton”, in Taunton Daily Gazette, Taunton, Massachusetts, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2025