(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
debunked
debunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debunk
debunker
debunker
noun
Someone who debunks.
debunkers
debunkers
noun
plural of debunker
debunking
debunking
noun
The act of showing something to be false (or bunkum)
verb
present participle of debunk
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
debunks
debunks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debunk
deckedout
deckhouse
deckhouse
noun
A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
deckhouses
deckhouses
noun
plural of deckhouse
dehusk
dehusk
verb
(transitive) To remove the husk from (a coconut or cereal.
dejunkerize
demibuckram
demjanjuk
derbukka
deskbound
deskbound
adj
(of an employee) Whose work confines him or her to a desk.
detruck
detruck
verb
(intransitive) To exit from a truck.
To unload things from a truck.
deuterotokous
deuterotokous
adj
Relating to deuterotoky.
deuterotoky
deuterotoky
noun
The production of both male and female offspring by parthenogenesis.
deutschemark
deutschmark
dhanuk
diaskeuasis
diaskeuasis
noun
The process of reviewing or revising a text.
diaskeuast
diaskeuast
noun
One who reviews or revises a text.
dibbuk
dibbuk
noun
Alternative form of dybbuk
dibbukim
dibbuks
dibbuks
noun
plural of dibbuk
dikelocephalus
dinkum
dinkum
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Genuine, true, honest, on the level.
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, dated) Truth.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, rare, obsolete) Hard work.
dinkums
dislikeful
dislikeful
adj
(obsolete) Unpleasant; disagreeable.
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
ditokous
ditokous
adj
(zoology) Having two kinds of young.
(zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.
djuka
dockhouse
dodunk
dominikus
doohickus
doohickus
noun
(informal) An unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
doohinkus
doppelkummel
dorkus
dorkus
noun
(colloquial) A silly or foolish person; a dork.
doruck
doublespeak
doublespeak
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
doublespeaks
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doucker
doucker
noun
diver
goldeneye
grebe
pochard
scaup
scoter
tufted duck
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughmaker
doughmaking
doughmaking
noun
The making of dough.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
doukhobor
doukhobor
Noun
A member of a religious group of Russian origin who rejected the Czarist government of the late 1800s and the Russian Orthodox priests, icons, and rituals, aiming to internalize the living spirit of God in each individual.
doukhobors
doukhobortsy
doukhobortsy
Noun
The Doukhobors.
doundake
douschka
drouk
droukan
drouked
drouket
drouking
droukit
drouks
drucken
drugmaker
drugmaker
noun
A pharmaceutical manufacturer.
A producer of illegal drugs.
drukpa
drukpa
Noun
The Drukpa Kagyu (also Drukpa Kargyu) school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
Sometimes (more narrowly) pertaining to the main ethnic group within Bhutan.
Pertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
drumlike
drumlike
adj
Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape
drummock
drummock
noun
Alternative form of drammock
drumskin
drumskin
noun
The skin of a drum.
drumstick
drumstick
noun
(South Asia, Myanmar) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A person's leg.
A stick used to play drums.
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
drumsticks
drumsticks
noun
plural of drumstick
drunk
drunk
adj
(usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.
Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
noun
A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.
A drunken state.
A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
verb
(Southern US) simple past tense of drink
past participle of drink
drunkard
drunkard
noun
(derogatory) A person who is habitually drunk.
drunkards
drunkards
noun
plural of drunkard
drunkelew
drunken
drunken
adj
(obsolete) Saturated with liquid
Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.
Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.
Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
verb
(archaic, still occasionally in juxtaposition with eaten) past participle of drink
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become drunk or drunken; intoxicate
drunkeness
drunkenly
drunkenly
adv
In a drunken manner.
drunkenness
drunkenness
noun
A state of being drunk.
drunkennesses
drunkennesses
noun
plural of drunkenness
drunkensome
drunkensome
adj
Characterised or marked by drunkenness
drunkenwise
drunker
drunker
adj
comparative form of drunk: more drunk
drunkeries
drunkery
drunkest
drunkest
adj
superlative form of drunk: most drunk
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of drink
drunkly
drunkly
adv
In a drunk manner; drunkenly.
drunkometer
drunkometer
noun
(dated) A breathalyzer.
drunks
drunks
noun
plural of drunk
dubcek
dubenko
dubinsky
dubrovnik
dubrovnik
Proper noun
A city and port in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
duchesslike
duchesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a duchess.
duck
duck
noun
(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
(UK, slang, obsolete) A faggot; a meatball made from offal.
(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.
(caving) A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
(finance, slang, dated) Synonym of lame duck (“one who cannot fulfil their contracts”)
(in the plural) Trousers made of such material.
(medicine) A long-necked medical urinal for men.
(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.
(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.
A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
A term of endearment; pet; darling.
A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
verb
(intransitive) To bow.
(intransitive) To enter a place for a short moment.
(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
(transitive) To evade doing something.
(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
duckbill
duckbill
noun
(informal) A hadrosaur.
(informal) The duck-billed platypus.
A fish of the family Percophidae
Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
duckbills
duckbills
noun
plural of duckbill
duckblind
duckboard
duckboard
noun
A panel of wooden slats typically lain on a concrete floor in a workshop. Compliance of slats arranged in two crossed layers reduces fatigue for a person operating a machine tool or working at a bench.
One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.
Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide; also called bog board, bog bridge, or puncheon.
duckboards
duckboards
noun
plural of duckboard
duckboat
ducked
ducked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of duck
ducker
ducker
noun
Alternative form of doucker
One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.
duckeries
duckeries
noun
plural of duckery
duckers
duckers
noun
plural of ducker
duckery
duckery
noun
A plantation for ducks.
duckfoot
duckfoot
noun
(agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
duckhearted
duckhood
duckhood
noun
The state or quality of being a duck.
duckhouse
duckhunting
duckie
duckie
noun
Alternative spelling of ducky
duckier
duckier
adj
comparative form of ducky: more ducky
duckies
duckies
noun
plural of duckie
plural of ducky
duckiest
duckiest
adj
superlative form of ducky: most ducky
ducking
ducking
adj
(slang, humorous) Euphemistic form of fucking.
noun
(countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
(uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
verb
present participle of duck
duckish
duckish
adj
Characteristically resembling a duck; somewhat ducklike
noun
(Newfoundland) dusk
ducklar
ducklet
ducklet
noun
A duckling.
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducklingship
duckmeat
duckmeat
noun
(archaic) duckweed
duckmole
duckmole
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of platypus
duckpin
duckpin
noun
A short, squat form of tenpin.
duckpins
duckpins
noun
A game played by bowling a small ball at such pins.
plural of duckpin
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
ducks
ducks
noun
(Britain, chiefly Northern England, used vocatively) Dear (used as a pet name).
(nautical) The light trousers worn by sailors in hot climates.
(poker slang) A pair of twos.
plural of duck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duck
duckstone
ducktail
ducktail
noun
A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back.
ducktails
ducktails
noun
plural of ducktail
ducktown
duckwalk
duckwalk
noun
Alternative spelling of duck walk
verb
(intransitive) To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.
(intransitive) To walk while squatting.
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
duckwater
duckweed
duckweed
noun
Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae.
duckweeds
duckweeds
noun
plural of duckweed
duckwheat
duckwife
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch
ducky
ducky
adj
(slang, dated) Great; going well; proceeding in an eminently agreeable fashion.
Darling, charming, cute.
Resembling or characteristic of a duck.
noun
(childish) A duck (aquatic bird), especially a toy rubber duck.
(slang, obsolete, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
An affectionate pet name.
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
dudelsack
duiker
duiker
noun
Any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.