Duck (disambiguation)

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Duck is a name applied to several bird species of the family Anatidae.

Duck, The Duck or ducks may also refer to:

Places

  • Duck, North Carolina, United States, a small town
  • Duck, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community
  • Monte Creek, British Columbia, Canada, a rural locality originally named "Ducks"
  • Duck Creek (disambiguation)
  • Duck Island (disambiguation)
  • Duck Lake (disambiguation)
  • Duck River (disambiguation)

People

  • Duck (nickname)
  • Duck (surname)
  • Duck, a pseudonym of Don Manley (born 1945), a British compiler of crosswords

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

  • Duck (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
  • Duck the Great Western Engine a character from The Railway Series and the children's television series Thomas & Friends
  • Duck, in the anime Princess Tutu
  • Duck, in the British horror web series Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
  • Duck, a main character in the British television show Sarah & Duck
  • Duck, in the animated television series WordWorld
  • Wayne "Duck" Newton, in the podcast The Adventure Zone
  • Duck Phillips, in the AMC television series Mad Men
  • Ducks, a race of sentient creatures in the Glorantha setting for the fantasy role-playing games RuneQuest and Suikoden
  • Donald Duck, an animated character from Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Daffy Duck and Mellisa Duck (Tina Russo in The Looney Tunes Show), two characters from Looney Tunes

Music

  • The Ducks, a 1977 Santa Cruz, California, band with Neil Young and some former members of Moby Grape
  • "The Duck" (song), a 1966 hit single by Jackie Lee
  • Duck Records, a record label
  • Duck Studios, a production studio based in Los Angeles, California
  • Duck (album), a 2019 album by Kaiser Chiefs

Film and television

Other media

  • Duck (video game), a 1987 puzzle platform game for NES
  • Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, a 2022 graphic novel by Kate Beaton

Brands and enterprises

  • Duck Brand, a duct tape brand now used on a variety of products
  • Duck Donuts, a doughnut shop
  • On2 Technologies, formerly The Duck Corporation, which designed video codec technology
  • Toilet Duck, a brand of toilet cleaner, known simply as Duck in the British Isles

Sports and games

  • Duck (bridge), a tactic in the card game of contract bridge
  • Duck (cricket), a cricketing term denoting a batsman being dismissed with a score of zero
  • Anaheim Ducks, a hockey team
  • Beijing Ducks, a Chinese basketball team
  • Lohja Ducks, a Finnish ice hockey team
  • Long Island Ducks, a minor league baseball team
  • Oregon Ducks, the sports teams of the University of Oregon

Transportation

  • American Canyon Transit, also known as "The Duck"
  • Citroën 2CV, a car model nicknamed "The Duck"
  • Ducati, a motorcycle company, sometimes shortened to "Duc" or "Duck"
  • Duck (ship), one of several vessels by that name
  • DUKW, commonly pronounced "duck", an amphibious six-wheel drive vehicle used by the US military during World War II
  • Goodyear Duck, a 1940s amphibian aircraft
  • Grumman JF Duck, a 1930s biplane amphibious aircraft built for the US Navy
  • Grumman J2F Duck, amphibious aircraft derived from the JF Duck

Other uses

  • Duck, a lead weight used by draftsmen to hold splines in place
  • Duck, a hypocorism or affectionate phrase, often used in parts of the Midlands and South Yorkshire in England, originally derived from the title Duke
  • Duck, a very short cave sump
  • Duck, in architecture, any building in the shape of something associated with it; named for the Big Duck
  • Cotton duck, a fine strong cloth made from untwilled linen, later cotton
  • Duck as food, the meat of the bird
  • Duck Samford Stadium, a football stadium in Auburn, Alabama, nicknamed "The Duck"
  • "Duck", the victim of Ducking (slang), a technique for manipulating prison staff
  • Ducks (hiking) or cairn, a pile of three or more stones used to mark an off-trail hiking route

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with duck
  • All pages with titles containing duck
  • Ducking, an audio effect commonly used in radio and music
  • Duck and cover
  • Duckie (disambiguation)
  • Ducky (disambiguation)
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