"duckwalk" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: duckwalks [plural]
Etymology: From 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 49 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 40 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 46 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 47 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 54 41 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 46 5

Verb

Forms: duckwalks [present, singular, third-person], duckwalking [participle, present], duckwalked [participle, past], duckwalked [past]
Etymology: From 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 49 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 40 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 46 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 47 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 46 5
  2. (intransitive) To walk while squatting. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-duckwalk-en-verb-bYvOMN~A Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 40 11

Inflected forms

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