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
He watched through his window as a wall of mud came barreling toward them, carrying boulders the size of trucks “like a rubber ducky on a pond.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
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
A few others were making ducky and doggie shadow puppets against the wall.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
A Stormtrooper action figure, a racing Sonic the Hedgehog, Legos and rubber duckies.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 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
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 through All the little duckies in my head.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
There are two of them, the duckiest little fluffy darlings you ever saw.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.
It's the duckiest, darlingest Ouija board, and so cheap!
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy
"You have the duckiest shoulder blades," said Ruth.
From The Innocent Adventuress by Bradley, Mary Hastings
“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
We can have the duckiest times, flying around!
From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.
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