Ducking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ducking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Ducking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ducking n hunting ducks Synonym(s): ducking, duck hunting the act of wetting something by submerging it Synonym(s): submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duck \Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ducked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ducking}.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. t[?]hhan, MHG. tucken, t[81]cken, t[?]chen, G. tuchen. Cf. 5th {Duck}.] 1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. --Fielding. 2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. 3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. [bd] Will duck his head aside.[b8] --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ducking \Duck"ing\, n. & a., from {Duck}, v. t. & i. {Ducking stool}, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See {Cucking stool}. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers.