Duck vs. Goose

Duckverb

(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Duckverb

(transitive) To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Duckverb

(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

Duckverb

(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

Duckverb

(intransitive) To bow.

Duckverb

(transitive) To evade doing something.

Duckverb

(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

Duckverb

To enter a place for a short moment.

Ducknoun

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

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.

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.

Ducknoun

(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

Ducknoun

A pet; a darling.

Ducknoun

A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, - used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

Ducknoun

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Ducknoun

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

Ducknoun

A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

Duckverb

To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

Duckverb

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

Duckverb

To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

Duckverb

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

Duckverb

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

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;

Duckverb

submerge or plunge suddenly

Duckverb

dip into a liquid;

Duckverb

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

Ducknoun

a waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.

Ducknoun

a female duck.

Ducknoun

a duck as food

Ducknoun

a pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America.

Ducknoun

an amphibious transport vehicle

Ducknoun

a quick lowering of the head.

Ducknoun

dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys)

Ducknoun

a strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails

Ducknoun

trousers made of duck.

Ducknoun

a batsman's score of nought

Duckverb

lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen

Duckverb

depart quickly

Duckverb

avoid (a blow or missile) by moving quickly

Duckverb

evade or avoid (an unwelcome duty or undertaking)

Duckverb

push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment

Duckverb

refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons

Duck

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are also members of the same family.

Goosenoun

Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.

Goosenoun

The flesh of the goose used as food.

Goosenoun

(slang) A silly person.

Goosenoun

(archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.

Goosenoun

A young woman or girlfriend.

Goosenoun

An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.

Gooseverb

(slang) To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.

Gooseverb

To stimulate, to spur.

Gooseverb

(slang) To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.

Gooseverb

(UK slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.

Gooseverb

To hiss (a performer) off the stage.

Goosenoun

Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinæ, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

Goosenoun

Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.

Goosenoun

A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.

Goosenoun

A silly creature; a simpleton.

Goosenoun

A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.

Goosenoun

web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

Goosenoun

a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

Goosenoun

flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

Goosenoun

a large waterbird with a long neck, short legs, webbed feet, and a short broad bill. Generally geese are larger than ducks and have longer necks and shorter bills.

Goosenoun

a female goose.

Goosenoun

the flesh of a goose as food.

Goosenoun

a foolish person

Goosenoun

a tailor's smoothing iron.

Gooseverb

poke (someone) in the bottom.

Gooseverb

give (something) a boost; invigorate

Goose

A goose (plural geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera Anser (the grey geese and white geese) and Branta (the black geese).