quacking

Pluralquackings

1. 1
   verb

   The -ing form of quack. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

   The ducks were quacking loudly near the pond all morning.

   We could hear ducks quacking by the river as we walked past.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The noise that a group of ducks makes together.

   Like the noise a crowd makes when lots of people talk at once.

   The quacking from the pond grew louder at feeding time.

   A loud quacking rose from the flock as the farmer walked over.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Making the sound a duck makes, or likely to do so.

   The quacking ducklings followed their mother across the yard.

   She found the quacking toy annoying after about an hour.

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