Puck vs. Duck
Difference Between Puck and Duck
Pucknoun
A mischievous or hostile spirit.
Duckverb
(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
Pucknoun
(ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
Duckverb
(transitive) To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
Pucknoun
An object shaped like a puck.
Duckverb
(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Pucknoun
(computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
Duckverb
(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
Pucknoun
A penalty shot.
Duckverb
(intransitive) To bow.
Pucknoun
billy goat
Duckverb
(transitive) To evade doing something.
Pucknoun
A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.
Duckverb
(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
Puckverb
To hit, strike.
Duckverb
To enter a place for a short moment.
I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?Pucknoun
a mischievous sprite of English folklore
Ducknoun
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
Pucknoun
a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
Ducknoun
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
Ducknoun
(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.
Ducknoun
(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
Ducknoun
(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.
Ducknoun
A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.
Ducknoun
A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.Ducknoun
A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
Ducknoun
(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.
Ducknoun
One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
Ducknoun
A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
Ducknoun
(in plural) Trousers made of such material.
Ducknoun
A term of endearment; pet; darling.
And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck (William Shakespeare - The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Act 2, Scene 3).Ducknoun
(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?Ducknoun
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Ducknoun
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
Ducknoun
flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
Ducknoun
a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
Duckverb
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;
Before he could duck, another stone struck himDuckverb
submerge or plunge suddenly
Duckverb
dip into a liquid;
He dipped into the poolDuckverb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);
He dodged the issueshe skirted the problemThey tend to evade their responsibilitieshe evaded the questions skillfully
