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duck(noun)

small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

duck, duck's egg(noun)

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

duck(noun)

flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

duck(verb)

a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

duck(verb)

to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

"Before he could duck, another stone struck him"

duck(verb)

submerge or plunge suddenly

dip, douse, duck(verb)

dip into a liquid

"He dipped into the pool"

hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep(verb)

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

"He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

a member of the human race

her coworkers regard her as something of an odd duck

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery

don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work

to move suddenly aside or to and fro

duck behind a pillar before they see us

to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid

ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke

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