Translations for „ducking“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

I . duck [dʌk] N

duck

kaczka f

Phrases:

to take to sth like a duck to water

chwytać [perf chwycić] coś w lot

like water off a duck's back

jak grochem o ścianę

II . duck [dʌk] VB intr

1. duck (bend):

duck

pochylać [perf pochylić] się

2. duck (dodge):

duck

robić [perf z-] unik

III . duck [dʌk] VB trans

1. duck (lower):

to duck one's head

pochylać [perf pochylić] głowę

to duck one's head

robić [perf z-] unik

2. duck (dodge):

to duck a blow

uchylać [perf uchylić] się przed ciosem

3. duck (shirk):

to duck sth

wymigiwać [perf wymigać] się od czegoś

to duck duties/responsibility

uchylać się od obowiązków/odpowiedzialności

4. duck (under water):

duck

zanurzać [perf zanurzyć]

lame duck N

1. lame duck (person):

lame duck

nieudacznik m

2. lame duck (business):

lame duck

niewypał m

sitting duck N

sitting duck → sitting target

See also sitting target

sitting target N fig

sitting target

łatwy cel m

duck N

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ducks (pair of twos in cards) GAMES inf

para dwójek w kartach f

tufted duck N

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tufted duck nsing ZOOL

czernica f

Peking duck

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Peking duck (Beijing duck) FOOD

kaczka po pekińsku

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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

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

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

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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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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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