ducking in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ducking in the English»French Dictionary

ducking [Brit ˈdʌkɪŋ, Am ˈdəkɪŋ] N

to get a ducking

prendre un bain forcé

ducking stool N HISTORY

ducking stool

sellette f à plongeon

I.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] N

1. duck <pl ducks; collect duck>:

duck ZOOL, FOOD

canard m

duck (female of species)

cane f

2. duck (in cricket):

to be out for or to make a duck

ne marquer aucun point

to break one's duck

marquer son premier point

to break one's duck fig

remporter sa première victoire

3. duck Brit region, inf:

duck, a. ducks (form of address) (to child)

mon chéri/ma chérie m/f

duck, a. ducks (to woman)

ma petite dame

4. duck TEXTIL:

duck

coutil m

II.ducks N

ducks npl FASHION:

ducks

pantalon m de coutil

III.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] VB trans

1. duck (lower):

to duck one's head

baisser la tête

2. duck (dodge):

duck punch, ball

esquiver

3. duck (avoid) fig:

duck issue, question

esquiver

duck responsibility

se dérober à

4. duck (push under water):

duck

faire boire la tasse à inf

IV.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] VB intr

duck person:

baisser la tête

duck boxer:

esquiver un coup

I ducked into a side street to avoid meeting her

je me suis engouffré dans une ruelle pour éviter de la rencontrer

to duck behind sth

se cacher derrière qc

V.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək]

he took to it like a duck to water

il s'y est mis comme s'il avait fait ça toute sa vie

(there's no point in telling him off) it's like water off a duck's back

(c'est inutile de le réprimander) ça ne le touche absolument pas

Bombay duck N

Bombay duck

poisson salé qui peut accompagner un curry

tufted duck N

tufted duck

fuligule m morillon

dead duck N Brit inf

to be a dead duck scheme, proposal, person:

être fichu inf

duck soup N Am inf

it's duck soup!

(c'est) du gâteau! inf

duck pond N

duck pond

mare f aux canards

duck shooting N

duck shooting

chasse f aux canards

I.duck out VB [Brit dʌk -, Am dək -] inf (duck out of [sth])

duck out office, room:

duck out

quitter

II.duck out VB [Brit dʌk -, Am dək -] inf (duck out of doing)

duck out

arriver à éviter de faire

ducking in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ducking in the English»French Dictionary

I.duck [dʌk] N

duck

canard m

Phrases:

like a duck to water inf

comme un poisson dans l'eau

II.duck [dʌk] VB intr

1. duck (dip head):

duck

baisser la tête subitement

to duck under water

plonger subitement sous l'eau

2. duck (hide quickly):

duck

s'esquiver

III.duck [dʌk] VB trans

1. duck (evasively dip quickly):

to duck one's head

baisser la tête subitement

to duck one's head under water

plonger sa tête subitement sous l'eau

2. duck (avoid):

duck

esquiver

sitting duck N

sitting duck

cible f facile

duck out VB intr

duck out

se défiler

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duck pond

mare à canards

to take to sth like a duck to water

mordre à qc

Translations for ducking in the French»English Dictionary

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cane

(female) duck

ornithorynque

duck-billed platypus

canard laqué

Peking duck

canard

duck

se baisser (pour esquiver)

to duck

ducking Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

like a duck to water inf

comme un poisson dans l'eau

to duck under water

plonger subitement sous l'eau

to duck one's head

baisser la tête subitement

to duck one's head under water

plonger sa tête subitement sous l'eau

to be a dead duck

être foutu d'avance

duck pond

mare à canards

to take to sth like a duck to water

mordre à qc

in two shakes of a duck's tail inf

en moins de deux

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She gestures and laughs easily, ducking her head so her brown-gold hair slides across her face.

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The sight of his head ducking under their doorframe repels her.

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The first involves ducking cops, consorting with junkies and hardening your neighborhood's rep as a crime-infested no-go zone.

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Ducking into a doorway, he jotted down the license number before leaving the neighborhood.

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He can however duck, and drop down from the semi-solid platforms if the player presses the jump key while ducking.

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In other words, one track is made quieter (the ducked track) whenever another (the ducking track) gets louder.

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He managed to escape the prisoner march by ducking behind a bridge and hiding in an abandoned farm house.

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Ducking into a tearoom to escape the rain, the narrator encounters the girl again, this time accompanied by her little brother and their governess.

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It is suggested that the name derives from the ancient practice of ducking witches in the plunge pool.

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