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by Cd00d 1892 days ago
What does the term "duck" mean in this context? I'm not sure what you mean.
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“Ducking” refers to lowering volume so that other audio can play on top of it. When an announcer speaks over a song in the radio, or when Siri lowers your music so she can talk over it - that kind of thing.