ducking
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈdʌkɪŋ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌkɪŋ
Etymology 1
editVerb
editducking
- present participle and gerund of duck
Noun
editducking (countable and uncountable, plural duckings)
- An instance of ducking down, e.g. to hide.
- An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
- They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSuggested by predictive text or autocorrect on some devices.[1][2]
Adjective
editducking (not comparable)
- (slang, humorous) Euphemistic form of fucking.
- 2015, El Castor, “Re: China sending fighter jets to Syria to assist Russia”, in soc.retirement (Usenet):
- You are the ducking idiot here.
- 2023 June 7, Callie Holtermann, quoting Craig Federighi, “Apple Knows You Didn’t Mean to Type ‘Ducking’”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN:
- “In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president for software engineering.
Etymology 3
editNominalization of duck (verb), a denominal verb of duck (noun), from ellipsis of rubber duck, from rubber + duck (noun).
Noun
editducking (plural duckings)
- The act of surreptitiously leaving a rubber duck on someone's parked Jeep as an act of kindness (see Jeep ducking).
- 2020 July 29, Susannah Sudborough, “It may sound quacky, but Jeep ducking is a real thing and it's right here in Taunton”, in Taunton Daily Gazette[4], Taunton, Massachusetts:
- 2022 September 13, Breana Noble, “'World's largest rubber duck' at Detroit auto show celebrates Jeep 'ducking' movement”, in The Detroit News[5]:
- She's gone out ducking with friends and family on shopping trips, in hospital parking lots and at Bishop International Airport in Flint, handing out more than 100 of the quackers.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Kif Leswing quoting Ken Kocienda (2018 September 16) “Why the iPhone keyboard inserts 'ducking' into your texts, according to the person who designed it”, in Business Insider[1], archived from the original on January 29, 2021: “We decided to err on the side of not inserting obscenities into the text that might be going to your grandma”
- ^ Todd Haselton (2018 April 3) “How to fix ‘ducking’ and other iPhone autocorrect problems”, in CNBC[2], archived from the original on January 29, 2021
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