How to pronounce duck in British English
“duck” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to duck the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “duck” in: all accents · American English (938 clips)
“duck” in real sentences — British speakers
106 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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However, we cannot duck the issue.
The Scottish Parliament
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We can’t duck it any longer.
UK Parliament
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It should be tagged “DNR”—do not resuscitate this dead-duck policy.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “duck”
Words one sound away from duck — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “duck”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of duck. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.