Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who ducks; a plunger or diver.
- n. A cringer; a fawner.
- n. A bird that ducks or dives; specifically, the European dipper, Cinclus aquaticus. Macgilli vray.
- n. One who rears ducks.
- n. A ducking-gun (which see).
Wiktionary
- n. One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.
- n. Alternative form of doucker.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.
- n. A cringing, servile person; a fawner.
Examples
“Before Spurs, Redknapp would go along with the image of himself as a ducker and diver.”
The Guardian: Harry Redknapp can turn into one of the masters of the European stage | Paul Hayward
“Fumb ducker or crazed or worse cynical. by HillbillyRob on Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 7: 03: 54 PM”
“After skillfully ducking and dodging the two shoes hurled at his face at his final press conference in Baghdad, our dodger and ducker-in-chief calmly reported the size of the famous shoes.”
“When you see these people coming, you either have to do like E 40 says and “be a professional sucker ducker,” or you have to get rid of them.”
“And from the new, a flying Santa Claus and a double ducker bus.”
“One of my friends was a member of the Washington and Mount Vernon Ducking Club, which has its camp and fixtures just below the Mount Vernon landing; he was an old ducker.”
“The ducker saw him and knowing him, questioned him of his case; whereupon he told them his tale, and that which had befallen him; and the diver marvelled at the lack of his luck.”
“But when the ducker saw me throw my ring he said to me, 'Wherefore, O my lord, hast thou parted with thy seal?' and said I to him, 'The deed is done.”
“Bell's a good hooker of the ball, but when he doesn't fancy the hook he's not the best ducker, which just about leaves the nervous fence.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“And then a vicious in-ducker last up that Hilfenhaus keeps out!”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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