MW→yeoman

yeoman

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

roughly prepared or organized //Her program's 10-week curriculum … uses a budget book to help first-timers get their financial ducks in a row. — Eileen Jenkins //I'm to prepare for a formal review in two weeks. Reserve a conference room. Get all my ducks in a row. — Chuck Palahniuk //The association was set to move forward last spring, then realized it didn't have its ducks in a row and essentially requested a Congressional bailout. — Pat Forde //I was sure I had all of my ducks in a row before the event finally arrived. Somehow, it didn't turn out as planned. — Jerry Carlson //… had prepared for a year, meeting with institutional investors and putting its ducks in a row for public scrutiny for months … — Alex Konrad

the flesh of any of these birds used as food //The menu features roast duck.

a female duck
— compare drake

person, creature //You lucky duck!
— see also odd duck

chiefly British darling —often used in plural but singular in construction //‘You all right, ducks?’ Mum asked. ‘You've got no colour at all.’ — Nan Chauncy

verb

ducked; ducking; ducks

Definition (Entry 2 of 4)

intransitive verb
to lower the head or body suddenly dodge
bow, bob
to move quickly
to evade a duty, question, or responsibility
to plunge under the surface of water
to descend suddenly dip
transitive verb
to lower (the head, the body, etc.) quickly bow
avoid, evade //duck the issue
roughly prepared or organized //Her program's 10-week curriculum … uses a budget book to help first-timers get their financial ducks in a row. — Eileen Jenkins //I'm to prepare for a formal review in two weeks. Reserve a conference room. Get all my ducks in a row. — Chuck Palahniuk //The association was set to move forward last spring, then realized it didn't have its ducks in a row and essentially requested a Congressional bailout. — Pat Forde //I was sure I had all of my ducks in a row before the event finally arrived. Somehow, it didn't turn out as planned. — Jerry Carlson //… had prepared for a year, meeting with institutional investors and putting its ducks in a row for public scrutiny for months … — Alex Konrad
the flesh of any of these birds used as food //The menu features roast duck.
a female duck
— compare drake
person, creature //You lucky duck!
— see also odd duck
chiefly British darling —often used in plural but singular in construction //‘You all right, ducks?’ Mum asked. ‘You've got no colour at all.’ — Nan Chauncy

verb

ducked; ducking; ducks

Definition (Entry 2 of 4)

intransitive verb
to lower the head or body suddenly dodge
bow, bob
to move quickly
to evade a duty, question, or responsibility
to plunge under the surface of water
to descend suddenly dip
transitive verb
to lower (the head, the body, etc.) quickly bow
avoid, evade //duck the issue