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
"Thank you my dear ducky," Swanson replied, referring to the 56-year-old’s character in the 1986 film.
From Fox News ● Nov. 2, 2021
The rubber ducky was removed from the harbor sometime Saturday, likely because of concerns about Tropical Storm Henri, Belfast Harbor Master Katherine Given was quoted as saying in the Bangor Daily News.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
“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
The elder Zia combined blue and pink duckies with a lamp shade, or a carousel with a music box, both items sporting cups for holding blooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
To break the tension, Mr. Siegal brought rubber duckies to a colleague for his baths.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
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
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
We can have the duckiest times, flying around!
From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.
My guardian has sent on the duckiest sleds—all red.
From Red-Robin by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt
“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 duckiest thing—I never saw anything so perfectly dandy and wonderful!
From The Avalanche by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Anyhow," Carrissima continued quite humbly, "I went to Donaldson's—Phoebe, I saw the duckiest little opal brooch.
From Enter Bridget by Cobb, Thomas
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