ducky
1 Americanadjective
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fine; excellent; wonderful.
Chocolate cake for dinner because it's my birthday? What a ducky idea!
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darling; charming; cute.
She was entranced by the ducky little puppy.
noun
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ducky1
First recorded in 1810–20; duck 1 + -y 1
Origin of ducky2
Example Sentences
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The event brought together dozens of families from across the country for an awareness walk, an auction and a rubber ducky race in a nearby creek.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2025
The laptop is amazing, and I love the rubber ducky.
From The Verge ● Jul. 25, 2022
"Nothing embodies childhood more than being in a warm bath with your rubber ducky – the joy of not having a care in the world other than having to remember to wash behind our ears."
From Fox News ● Aug. 25, 2021
And in the midst of a row of cards, as though marking a book, one rubber ducky.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2019
“Well,” the lady crooned, with a wink that only the children could see, “that’s just ducky, Your Lordship, sir!”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
A Stormtrooper action figure, a racing Sonic the Hedgehog, Legos and rubber duckies.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
In the Toys “R” Us case, dozens of suppliers of scooters, rubber duckies and teething rings could lose millions in the bankruptcy.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2017
I bumped into a cardboard cutout of the billionaire businessman at Gorat’s steakhouse and counted several rubber duckies wearing his signature spectacles at Hollywood Candy.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2017
Glenn Goldberg’s new paintings call to mind all sorts of things, including dogs and rubber duckies, as well as beanstalks and rainbows, stars and gingerbread men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2016
I sang All the little duckies and hooked one arm around a metal railing on the deck.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
The duckiest thing—I never saw anything so perfectly dandy and wonderful!
From The Avalanche by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
It's the duckiest, darlingest Ouija board, and so cheap!
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy
We can have the duckiest times, flying around!
From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.
“There are the duckiest little yachts I have ever seen skimming about on that stretch of water,” she cried over her shoulder.
From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Tracy, Louis
The next time I get an invitation, I'm going as a Quaker maiden, in a gray dress and the duckiest little white cap.
From A Popular Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol
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