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Defenition of the word duck

    • Defenition of the word duck

      • An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
      • To lower the head or body to avoid collision, as with an object or ceiling.
      • dip into a liquid: "He dipped into the pool"
      • small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
      • a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
      • flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
      • to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away: "Before he could duck, another stone struck him."
      • submerge or plunge suddenly
      • (in cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
      • avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue"
      • (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
      • 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"
      • to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
      • dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
      • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
      • to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
      • dip into a liquid

    Synonyms for the word duck

      • circumvent
      • dip
      • dodge
      • douse
      • drake
      • duck's egg
      • elude
      • evade
      • fudge
      • hedge
      • parry
      • put off
      • sidestep
      • skirt

    Meronymys for the word duck

      • Anatidae
      • duck
      • family Anatidae

    Hyponyms for the word duck

      • Aix galericulata
      • Aix sponsa
      • Anas acuta
      • Anas clypeata
      • Anas penelope
      • Anas platyrhynchos
      • Anas rubripes
      • Aythya americana
      • Aythya ferina
      • Aythya valisineria
      • beg
      • black duck
      • bluebill
      • broadbill
      • Bucephela albeola
      • Bucephela clangula
      • bufflehead
      • butterball
      • Cairina moschata
      • canvasback
      • canvasback duck
      • dabbler
      • dabbling duck
      • dipper
      • diving duck
      • drake
      • duckling
      • goldeneye
      • mallard
      • mandarin duck
      • muscovy duck
      • musk duck
      • Oxyura jamaicensis
      • pin-tailed duck
      • pintail
      • pochard
      • quack-quack
      • quibble
      • redhead
      • ruddy duck
      • scaup
      • scaup duck
      • sea duck
      • sheldrake
      • shoveler
      • shoveller
      • summer duck
      • teal
      • whistler
      • widgeon
      • wigeon
      • wild duck
      • wood duck
      • wood widgeon

    Hypernyms for the word duck

      • anseriform bird
      • avoid
      • bird
      • cloth
      • dip
      • dive
      • douse
      • dunk
      • fabric
      • food
      • material
      • move
      • plunge
      • plunk
      • poultry
      • score
      • souse
      • textile
      • waterfowl

    Idioms for the word duck

      • lame duck

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