What is the Latin word for ducking?

The usual Latin words for “ducking” are imber, madidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“ducking” in Latin

imberrain; a storm; a stormcloud madidusmoist, wet, soaked, drenched; drunk, tipsy

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

ducking

by circumlocution, To get a good ducking, permadescere: madefieri pluvia or imbre: madidum reddi aqua: anybody has got a good ducking, madidum or madefactum esse imbre.

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What is the Latin word for ducking?: The usual Latin words for “ducking” are imber, madidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.