duckling
pronunciation
How to pronounce duckling in British English:
UK [ˈdʌklɪŋ]
How to pronounce duckling in American English:
US [ˈdʌklɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- flesh of a young domestic duck
- young duck
Word Origin
- duckling (n.)
- mid-15c., dookelynge, from duck (n.) + -ling. The ugly duckling is from Hans Christian Andersen's tale (1843 in Danish, by 1846 in English).
Example
- 1. The butterfly is really among the swan-ugly duckling school of butterflies .
- 2. It has been the ugly duckling of international equity markets for years .
- 3. I think an ugly duckling has to be happy to be ugly .
- 4. " Being a physicist looking at finance , I 'm the ugly duckling , out of my familiar realm , " says prof sornette .