Why does someone yell 'DUCK!!!' when something is about to hit someone (i mean why duck...like the bird)?

riotgrrl

Both 'duck', the bird, and 'to duck' are from the same root, meaning 'to dive' (picture a duck diving under water). Dec 30 02, 3:22 AM

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http://www.geocities.com/etymonline/d6etym.htm gives a more sensible answer - duck (v.) - presumed O.E. ducan 'to duck,' found only in derivative duce (n.) 'duck' (but there are cognate words in other Gmc. languages), from P.Gmc. dukjan. Sense of 'bend, stoop quickly' is first recorded in Eng. 1530. Dec 30 02, 12:54 PM

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