Meanings
verbduckwalk (third-person singular simple present duckwalks, present participle duckwalking, simple past and past participle duckwalked)
present singular third person duckwalks · participle present duckwalking · participle past duckwalked · past duckwalked
- intransitiveTo jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.
- intransitiveTo walk while squatting.
Kate and Dan duckwalked beneath the props to one side of the clearing as the rotors spun into a blur.
1997, Dana Stabenow, Breakup, →ISBN, page 40
Origin
From duck + walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian патешко ходене
- патешко ходене (pateško hodene)jump
Finnish tanssia ankkakävelyä, tehdä ankkakävelyä
- tanssia ankkakävelyäjump
- tehdä ankkakävelyäjump
- kävellä kyykyssäto walk squatting
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APA
duckwalk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duckwalk
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“duckwalk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duckwalk. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “duckwalk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duckwalk.
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