duckwalk
duckwalk verb: to jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music. Also the alternative spelling of duck walk.
Verb
duckwalk (third-person singular simple present duckwalks, present participle duckwalking, simple past and past participle duckwalked)
- To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.
- To walk while squatting.
- Kate and Dan duckwalked beneath the props to one side of the clearing as the rotors spun into a blur.1997, Dana Stabenow, Breakup, →ISBN, page 40
Also used as
duckwalk is also the alternative spelling of duck walk.
Forms of duckwalk
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | duckwalks |
| present participle | duckwalking |
| past participle | duckwalked |
| past | duckwalked |
| Noun | |
| plural | duckwalks |
Origin of duckwalk
From duck + walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck.
Questions about duckwalk
- What does duckwalk mean?
- Duckwalk means to jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.
- What part of speech is duckwalk?
- Duckwalk is a verb.
- What is the past tense of duckwalk?
- The past tense of duckwalk is duckwalked.
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