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ducks and covers

ducks and covers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of duck and cover.

Meaning of duck and cover

Verb

duck and cover (third-person singular simple present ducks and covers, present participle ducking and covering, simple past and past participle ducked and covered)

  1. (intransitive) To duck under a surface and cover one's face with one's hands, as a means to protect oneself from flying debris etc.
    • It's Christmas at ground zero / Just seconds left to go / I'll duck and cover / With my Yuletide lover / Underneath the mistletoe1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!

Questions about ducks and covers

What is ducks and covers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ducks and covers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of duck and cover.

Words near ducks and covers in the dictionary

  1. duckroll
  2. duckrolled
  3. duckrolling
  4. duckrolls
  5. ducks
  6. ducks and covers
  7. ducks and drakes
  8. ducks and geese
  9. ducks down
  10. ducks guts
  11. ducks off

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