How to pronounce ducking in British English
“ducking” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to ducking the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“ducking” in real sentences — British speakers
56 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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ducking tackling the big decisions.
The Scottish Parliament
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his usual ducking of the question.
UK Parliament
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This is the inevitable consequence of years of ducking the hard decisions”.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “ducking”
Words one sound away from ducking — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “ducking”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ducking. 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.