duck

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A pet; a darling.

2. 2noun

   A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

3. 3noun

   The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

4. 4transitive verb

   To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

5. 5transitive verb

   To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

6. 6transitive verb

   To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

9. 9transitive verb

   Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae.

10. 10transitive verb

    A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

11. 11noun

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

12. 12noun

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

13. 13noun

    flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

14. 14noun

    (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

15. 15verb

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

    "He dodged the issue"

    "she skirted the problem"

    Synonyms

    circumventdodgeeludeevadefudgehedgeparrysidestepskirt
16. 16verb

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

    "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"

17. 17verb

    submerge or plunge suddenly

18. 18verb

    dip into a liquid

    "He dipped into the pool"

    Synonyms

    dipdouse