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duckable

duckable adjective: capable of being ducked, i.e. avoided by moving the body underneath it.

Adjective

duckable (comparative more duckable, superlative most duckable)

  1. Capable of being ducked, i.e. avoided by moving the body underneath it.
    • Some branches weren't duckable and there was nothing to do but close my eyes and shield myself with an arm. Mesquite thorns sliced into my hands, neck and face.2013, Chris Lombard, Land of the Horses, page 129
  2. Capable of being ducked, i.e. immersed in liquid.
    • The elegant image remained, though imprinted in a child so small as to be easily portable by a stout nurse, I remember, and not less easily duckable; I gasp again, and was long to gasp, with the sense of salt immersion received at her strong hands.1913, Henry James, A Small Boy and Others

Forms of duckable

comparativemore duckable
superlativemost duckable

Origin of duckable

From duck + -able.

Questions about duckable

What does duckable mean?
Duckable means capable of being ducked, i.e. avoided by moving the body underneath it.
What part of speech is duckable?
Duckable is an adjective.

Words near duckable in the dictionary

  1. duck-shover
  2. duck-shoves
  3. duck-shoving
  4. duck-squeezer
  5. duck-squeezers
  6. duckable
  7. duckano
  8. duckanoo
  9. duckanoos
  10. duckanos
  11. duckarsed

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