guck

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/ɡʌk/

noun

The hybrid offspring of a goose and a duck.

Similar
sludgeslimegoogoopgookgunkmuckooze
OriginEnglish duck ← Middle English doke ← Old English dū̆ce →
RareScrabble 11
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Meanings

guck1

nounguck (plural gucks)

plural gucks

  1. The hybrid offspring of a goose and a duck.

guck2

nounguck (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountableAn unpleasant sticky substance; goo, gunk.

    As everyone familiar with these things knows, they're sticky on the outside -- and that sticky guck gets on your hands, making everything stick to them!

    1996, Carole Marsh, Vermont History!, page 59

Guck3

proper nounGuck (plural Gucks)

plural Gucks

  1. A surname from German.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany thick, viscous matter

Similar
sludgeslimegoogoopgookgunkmuckooze
Broader
matter
Also see
googookgoopgunkmuckoozeslimesludge

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

guck · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰh₂éns
  2. Proto-Germanic*gans
  3. Old Englishgōs
  4. Middle Englishgos
  5. Englishgoose
  6. Proto-Germanic*dūkaną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*dūkan
  8. Old Englishdū̆ce
  9. Middle Englishdoke
  10. Englishduck
  11. Englishguck

Blend of goose + duck.

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Guck · proper noun

  1. GermanGuck
  2. EnglishGuck

Borrowed from German Guck or Gück.

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Cite this entry
APA

guck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guck

MLA

“guck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guck. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guck,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guck.

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