- fine; excellent; wonderful: Chocolate cake for dinner because it's my birthday? What a ducky idea!
- darling; charming; cute: She was entranced by the ducky little puppy.
- dear; sweetheart; darling; pet (used as a term of endearment or familiarity): Get a wiggle on, ducky, or we'll be late for the movie.
- darling or dear: used as a term of endearment among women, but now often used in imitation of the supposed usage of homosexual men
- delightful; fine
