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ducking
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ducking is an audio effect commonly used in radio and pop music , especially dance music . In ducking, the level of one audio signal is reduced by the presence of another signal. In radio this can typically be achieved by lowering (ducking) the volume of ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ducking \Duck"ing\, n. & a., from Duck , v. t. & i. Ducking stool , a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See Cucking stool . The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The action of the verb '''to duck'''. 2 (context countable English) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc). vb. (present participle of duck English)
Usage examples of ducking.
All that mattered was that after a moment that seemed to last a year, the dragon sighed, heaved himself out of the wallow with a groan, ducking his head to avoid the canvas awning, and stepped up onto the stone verge.
I looked at Baggy for consolation, but he was ducking behind the lady in front of him.
Ducking inside, she found the rider, Berelain, sipping tea with Amys and Bair and Sorilea, all stretched out on bright, tasseled cushions.
The carabiniere with the gun took aim and the space behind the Land Rover cleared, with everybody ducking down and scattering.
The soldier dropped his spear with a yell of pain, and Coll fell to one knee, ducking under the stroke from his right, feeling the blade graze his cheek, waking pain, but he came up to stab from below at the man in front.
These repetitions betray the movements of the keyword beneath the surface of the cryptogram just as the ducking of a fishing cork tells of a nibble.
Surging with outstretched hands, Driller clawed vainly at the ducking slouch hat.
The pair collided but combined their momentum right into Xiao Fei as she was ducking around the vamp girl with the big boobs.
I felt at seeing Gio, his blond head bobbing and ducking among the crowd of bullies we had duped, smiling at me as I left.
Beckla and Guss followed him as quickly as they could manage, but Artek moved with the strength and grace of a wild animal, ducking beneath low branches and leaping over fallen tree trunks.
He hurried through the crowd, dodging around clumps of haggling tradesmen and farmers, at one point ducking through a display of melons and almost toppling a pyramid of the great pale fruit.
I killed the engine, hit the belt release and was out of the heli in seconds, ducking under the rotors as they wound down.
And men began springing to their feet and scrambling out of their shelters, and staring around them and waving their hats and shouting congratulation and encouragement, and ducking suddenly as more bullets came whistling in, and from a low rumble the sound rose to distant thunder, and from that to nearer uproar, and Truman and Cranston made a rush for their own herds, ordering the men to side line and hopple instantly, for the surviving horses were excitedly sniffing the air, pawing and snorting, and then there hove in sight up the valley the wiry leaders of the herd, galloping wearily, behind them a dull, dust-hidden, laboring mass, the main body of the Indian prizes swept away at sunrise.
The great beak turned to orient on her face, but Jolie was already ducking down into the cloud.
Before the ducking Brynn could even think about stabbing forward under that slashing blade, Ung Lik Dy altered the momentum so that his sword was cutting diagonal slashes between the two combatants, forcing Brynn to retreat instead.