'Ducking' definitions:

Definition of 'ducking'

From: WordNet
noun
Hunting ducks [syn: ducking, duck hunting]
noun
The act of wetting something by submerging it [syn: submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing]

Definition of 'Ducking'

From: GCIDE
  • Duck \Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ducked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ducking.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. t?hhan, MHG. tucken, t["u]cken, t?chen, G. tuchen. Cf. 5th Duck.]
  • 1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. [1913 Webster]
  • Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. --Fielding. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. " Will duck his head aside." --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ducking'

From: GCIDE
  • Ducking \Duck"ing\, n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i. [1913 Webster]
  • Ducking stool, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See Cucking stool. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers. [1913 Webster]