"duckwalk" meaning in All languages combined

See duckwalk on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: duckwalks [plural]
Etymology: duck + walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|duck|walk}} duck + walk Head templates: {{en-noun}} duckwalk (plural duckwalks)
  1. Alternative spelling of duck walk Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: duck walk Translations (jump): патешко ходене (pateško hodene) (Bulgarian), tanssia ankkakävelyä (Finnish), tehdä ankkakävelyä (Finnish) Translations (to walk squatting): kävellä kyykyssä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-duckwalk-en-noun-d1Oun9lj

Verb [English]

Forms: duckwalks [present, singular, third-person], duckwalking [participle, present], duckwalked [participle, past], duckwalked [past]
Etymology: duck + walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|duck|walk}} duck + walk Head templates: {{en-verb}} duckwalk (third-person singular simple present duckwalks, present participle duckwalking, simple past and past participle duckwalked)
  1. (intransitive) To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-duckwalk-en-verb-HT~zTQ71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 55 10
  2. (intransitive) To walk while squatting. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-duckwalk-en-verb-bYvOMN~A

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for duckwalk meaning in All languages combined (2.9kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "duck",
        "3": "walk"
      },
      "expansion": "duck + walk",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "duck + walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "duckwalks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duckwalking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duckwalked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duckwalked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "duckwalk (third-person singular simple present duckwalks, present participle duckwalking, simple past and past participle duckwalked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 55 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music."
      ],
      "id": "en-duckwalk-en-verb-HT~zTQ71",
      "links": [
        [
          "jump",
          "jump"
        ],
        [
          "back and forth",
          "back and forth"
        ],
        [
          "guitar",
          "guitar"
        ],
        [
          "popular music",
          "popular music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Dana Stabenow, Breakup, page 40",
          "text": "Kate and Dan duckwalked beneath the props to one side of the clearing as the rotors spun into a blur.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To walk while squatting."
      ],
      "id": "en-duckwalk-en-verb-bYvOMN~A",
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "squat",
          "squat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To walk while squatting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "duckwalk"
  ],
  "word": "duckwalk"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "duck",
        "3": "walk"
      },
      "expansion": "duck + walk",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "duck + walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "duckwalks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "duckwalk (plural duckwalks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "duck walk"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of duck walk"
      ],
      "id": "en-duckwalk-en-noun-d1Oun9lj",
      "links": [
        [
          "duck walk",
          "duck walk#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pateško hodene",
          "sense": "jump",
          "word": "патешко ходене"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "jump",
          "word": "tanssia ankkakävelyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "jump",
          "word": "tehdä ankkakävelyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to walk squatting",
          "word": "kävellä kyykyssä"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "duckwalk"
  ],
  "word": "duckwalk"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "duck",
        "3": "walk"
      },
      "expansion": "duck + walk",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "duck + walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "duckwalks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duckwalking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duckwalked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duckwalked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "duckwalk (third-person singular simple present duckwalks, present participle duckwalking, simple past and past participle duckwalked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jump",
          "jump"
        ],
        [
          "back and forth",
          "back and forth"
        ],
        [
          "guitar",
          "guitar"
        ],
        [
          "popular music",
          "popular music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Dana Stabenow, Breakup, page 40",
          "text": "Kate and Dan duckwalked beneath the props to one side of the clearing as the rotors spun into a blur.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To walk while squatting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "squat",
          "squat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To walk while squatting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "duckwalk"
  ],
  "word": "duckwalk"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "duck",
        "3": "walk"
      },
      "expansion": "duck + walk",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "duck + walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "duckwalks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "duckwalk (plural duckwalks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "duck walk"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of duck walk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "duck walk",
          "duck walk#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pateško hodene",
      "sense": "jump",
      "word": "патешко ходене"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "jump",
      "word": "tanssia ankkakävelyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "jump",
      "word": "tehdä ankkakävelyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to walk squatting",
      "word": "kävellä kyykyssä"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "duckwalk"
  ],
  "word": "duckwalk"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (91e95e7 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.