'Raids', really?

[Ilean]

But whyyyyyyy use the word "duck" to describe Mallards, Dutch Hookbills, Welsh Harlequins and the like? That makes them BORING!

Not to my belly, not at all.

[Viridiana]

so you don't believe in using thesauruses huh? that explains a good deal of this. Raid is an adjective duck is a noun your analogy does not fit.

Try again?

[Morticous]

Kinda catchy. Not something I'd listen to every day, though.

Maybe this one will help you mosh a little longer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ra5-rAoH0

[Wolfie]

Not to my belly, not at all.

I can't tell if you actually got my point. But your post is what I was going for.

[Bled]

Try again?

I am sorry a verb.

throw raid into a thesaurus, then throw duck into a thesaurus big difference.

[Viridiana]

so you don't believe in using thesauruses huh? that explains a good deal of this; duck is a noun your analogy does not fit.

Try again?

In response to your edit. . . I'm not allowed to compare nouns to nouns now?

[Viridiana]

I am sorry a verb.

. . . Try again?

[Bled]

In response to your edit. . . I'm not allowed to compare nouns to nouns now?

thesaurus each and see if they fit?

[Bled]

. . . Try again?

verb (used with object)
5.
to make a raid on.
6.
to steal from; loot: a worry that the investment fund is being raided.
7.
to entice away from another: Large companies are raiding key personnel from smaller companies.

[Viridiana]

verb (used with object)
5.
to make a raid on.
6.
to steal from; loot: a worry that the investment fund is being raided.
7.
to entice away from another: Large companies are raiding key personnel from smaller companies.

Oh, hey, look, you just used it as a noun. . .

Also, the definition right above the one you quoted:

–noun
1.
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
2.
Military. a sudden attack on the enemy, as by air or by a small land force.
3.
a vigorous, large-scale effort to lure away a competitor's employees, members, etc.