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Ducking [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of plunging or putting in water and withdrawing. ducking is a punishment of offenders in France, and among English seamen, it is a penalty to which sailors are subject on passing, for the first time, the equator or tropic.

Ducking [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Plunging; thrusting suddenly into water and withdrawing; dipping.

Ducking Webster's Dictionary 1913

n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i.

Ducking [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Duck

Ducking-stool [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied and plunged into water.