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When I was around 9 years old, I was watching TV one day. I was looking at this commercial, with a kid in the bathtub playing with a rubber ducky or something, and I said, 'Where do those kids come from? How come they get to be on TV? I could do that stuff.'
Kristy Swanson

Meaning of "ducky" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DUCKY

ducky  [ˈdʌkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUCKY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ducky can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DUCKY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ducky

Ducky may refer to: ▪ Rubber ducky, a toy shaped like a stylised duck ▪ "Ducky", an episode of Where's My Water?: Swampy's Underground Adventures ▪ "Ducky Inc", a Taiwanese mechanical keyboard company.

Definition of ducky in the English dictionary

The definition of ducky in the dictionary is darling or dear: used as a term of endearment among women, but now often used in imitation of the supposed usage of homosexual men. Other definition of ducky is delightful; fine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DUCKY


buckie
ˈbʌkɪ
chuckie
ˈtʃʌkɪ
clucky
ˈklʌkɪ
duckie
ˈdʌkɪ
gucky
ˈɡʌkɪ
Kentucky
kɛnˈtʌkɪ
lucky
ˈlʌkɪ
mucky
ˈmʌkɪ
plucky
ˈplʌkɪ
sucky
ˈsʌkɪ
truckie
ˈtrʌkɪ
Tukkie
ˈtʌkɪ
unlucky
ʌnˈlʌkɪ
yucky
ˈjʌkɪ
yukky
ˈjʌkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUCKY

duck-shove
duck-shoving
duck´s arse
duckbill
duckboard
ducker
duckfoot quote
duckie
duckies
ducking
ducking and diving
ducking stool
duckling
duckpin
ducks
ducks and drakes
ducktail
duckwalk
duckweed
duct

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUCKY

blocky
cocky
colicky
cracky
dicky
happy-go-lucky
icky
Jacky
micky
picky
pocky
rocky
sticky
stocky
strike it lucky
tacky
tricky
Vicky
wacky
Zwicky

Synonyms and antonyms of ducky in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ducky» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DUCKY

Find out the translation of ducky to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ducky from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ducky» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鸭子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ducky
570 millions of speakers

English

ducky
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लालित्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحبيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

душка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ducky
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আদরের সন্বোধনবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mignon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ducky
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Liebling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ダッキー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ducky
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người chăn nuôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाजाळू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aziz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anatroccolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ptaszyna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

душка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ducky
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ducky
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snoes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ducky
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Ducky
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ducky

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUCKY»

The term «ducky» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.897 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DUCKY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ducky

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QUOTES WITH «DUCKY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ducky.
1
Kristy Swanson
When I was around 9 years old, I was watching TV one day. I was looking at this commercial, with a kid in the bathtub playing with a rubber ducky or something, and I said, 'Where do those kids come from? How come they get to be on TV? I could do that stuff.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUCKY»

Discover the use of ducky in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ducky and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ducky
This engaging story based on a real event includes an author's note.
Eve Bunting, 1997
2
Ducky
YA. Written in diary format. The thoughts of a confused teenager. 11 yrs+
Ann M. Martin, 1998
3
Peep and Ducky
Illustrations and rhyming text follows two animal friends as they play pretend games, fly down a slide, flop in a puddle, and run around a tree.
David Martin, 2013
4
No More Diapers for Ducky!
When Piggy can not come out to play because he is using the potty, Ducky decides it is time for him to learn to use the potty too. On board pages.
Bernette G. Ford, 2007
5
Oh, Ducky!: A Chocolate Calamity
Johnny, who works at a chocolate factory, loses his beloved rubber ducky in the chocolate machine, but with help from a music-loving taste tester and an odd inventor, everything comes out just fine. Reprint.
‎2006
6
Uglified Ducky
Four foots on a ducky you do not want. No! Do you have any other cases of Quadrapedagogy in your fambly before now?” “No, no, no,” say Mommy Ducky. “ We have always been bipedal in my fambly since I can demember.” “Other problem ...
Willy Claflin, 2011
7
Pure Ducky Goodness: The First Sheldon Collection
Collection of previously published comic strips.
‎2005
8
Ducky's surprise
Ducky's friends decide to throw him a birthday party, so they bake him a cake, gather flowers, and wrap presents to get ready for his special day.
Gail Tuchman, 2007
9
The North Ducky Passage
“Waaa, my ducky, my ducky!” cried the baby. Ducky moved onward to find the baby. Ducky was getting sad and scared and was thinking he would never find the baby. Then as he floated on slowly and sadly, he found an opening through the ...
Donna Winchell, 2010
10
Elmo's Ducky Day
Everyone must make way for Elmo and his five ducklings as he leads them all over town in a search for their missing mother, in a board book with a gentle lesson about creative problem-solving. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Sarah Albee, Sarah Willson, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUCKY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ducky is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Feeling ducky
But we have not seen the sun in a week. Not only have I lost my. boots in the mud more times than I care to count, I managed to get. the old farm ... «Appalachian News-Express, Jul 15»
2
Just ducky
The caption under the Tuesday, June 29 (Star Democrat) photo showing the "release" of an unknown number of rubber (plastic?) ducks should ... «The Star Democrat, Jul 15»
3
Great Hunterdon Rubber Ducky Race to be held on Sunday
The 26th annual Great Hunterdon Rubber Ducky Race will take place at 2pm on the South Branch of the Raritan River at the Clinton Bridge. «NJ.com, Jul 15»
4
Tyler Seguin is naked on Zamboni, loves his rubber ducky for Body …
The annual ESPN Body Issue is out, which means another collection of naked athletes that can make us all curse our metabolism and lethargy ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Jul 15»
5
Clinton Rotary present Sprintin Clinton 5k run, Rubber Ducky Race
CLINTON – The Clinton Sunrise Rotary Club will host the Sprintin Clinton 5K and One Mile Fun Run and Rubber Ducky Race this weekend. «New Jersey Hills, Jul 15»
6
Optimist Club Rubber Ducky Race
The Alpena Optimist Rubber Ducky race happened again this year. The club released a thousand duckies and they floated down the river on ... «WBKB-TV, Jul 15»
7
4th annual Ducky Dash at Buck Creek
The fourth annual Ducky Dash involved thousands of rubber ducks going into Buck Creek. People were able to adopt a rubber duck for one ... «WZZM, Jul 15»
8
PWA Rubber Ducky race draws crowds
No man had to wait for either time or tide on Saturday as the 11th annual Rubber Ducky Race benefitting the Pemaquid Watershed Association ... «Boothbay Register, Jul 15»
9
Things Are Ducky In Downtown Walnut Creek
We now have the third-generation of Wood Ducks in Walnut Creek at Civic Park hatching 11 ducklings out of a box installed 2 years ago as a ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
10
Rubber Ducky tickets on sale
PARKERSBURG - Ticket sales have started for the 26th annual Rubber Ducky Derby, associated with the Parkersburg Homecoming, according ... «Parkersburg News, Jul 15»

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