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# ducky

noun (ducky, duckies)

«ducky» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A ducky is a little duck, a word children use. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ducky/#m1)
2. (casual) A grown-up may call a dear child «ducky» as a fond name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ducky/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, the duck is a silly character in a rhyme, and «ducky» is a pet name for a small duck

### Examples

- Ducky-daddles waddled to the pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ducky/#x1)
- The old woman called the child her little ducky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ducky/#x2)
- The ducky swam in a circle round the pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ducky/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ducky» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/ducky/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ducky» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ducky.html) on Mova free.