ducking

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌkɪŋ

Verb

ducking

1. Present participle of duck.

Noun

ducking (countable and uncountable; plural duckings)

1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
2. (countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).

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

Derived terms

• ducking stool