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duck-walk

[duhk-wawk]

verb (used without object)

  1. to walk like a duck, as with legs apart and feet turned outward.



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“The boy pointed beyond some fallen girders, which had fallen at acute angles ostensibly from the roof, when the roof had given way, sealing the victim’s fate. I had to duck-walk under the maze of obstacles, including the blackened steel beams, until I reached the remains.”

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Flashlights, helmets and knee pads lined the front counter, and free maps listing the caves open to the public categorized them using “must duck,” “must duck-walk” and “must crawl.”

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Then, as if to reassure the audience, he did an abbreviated version of his signature duck-walk move before leaving the stage again.

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A two-mile trudge across a duck-walk over 'b——y meadow' brought us to the famous Ridgewood Dug-outs.

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Grumble as you may at militarism, most army camps would have been better favoured in some respects: since here, despite the prospects of mud suggested by the dust of the present season, no hut seemed to have a raised approach, whether stone causeway or duck-walk.

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