duck-walk

[ duhk-wawk ]

/ ˈdʌkˌwɔk /

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verb (used without object)

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

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Words nearby duck-walk

duck's arse, duck's ass, duck shove, duck soup, ducktail, duck-walk, duckweed, duckwheat, ducky, Ducommun, duct

How to use duck-walk in a sentence

A two-mile trudge across a duck-walk over 'b——y meadow' brought us to the famous Ridgewood Dug-outs.
The Romance of the Red Triangle|Arthur Keysall Yapp
But whatever the reason, there was none, and we were right out in the open on the duck walk.
A Yankee in the Trenches|R. Derby Holmes
I did the three miles along the duck walk with the ration party, and there wasn't a shell came our way.
A Yankee in the Trenches|R. Derby Holmes
This party had to go over the duck walk and was under fire both going and coming.
A Yankee in the Trenches|R. Derby Holmes

There was a single house not far from the end of that duck walk west of Abalaine, occupied by a woman and two or three children.
A Yankee in the Trenches|R. Derby Holmes