English Explanatory Dictionary

duck test

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A form of abductive reasoning, application of intuition, or common sense regardless of technical parameters, to identify an ostensibly unknown subject by observing that subject's characteristics.

Pronunciation

en-au-duck test.ogg

Word forms

duck test duck tests

Etymology

From the expression if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

Related words

duck typing typology

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