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duck5

Pronunciation: /dʌk/

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Definition of duck

noun

Cricket

a batsman’s score of nought:he was out for a duck

Phrases

break one's duck: Cricket score the first run of one’s innings.; British make one’s first score or achieve a particular feat for the first time: it was not until injury time that the Dark Blues broke their duck