1. (noun) duck
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Synonyms: duck's egg
2. (noun) duck, duck's egg
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
Synonyms: duck's egg, duck
3. (noun) duck
flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
Synonyms: duck's egg
4. (verb) duck
a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
Synonyms: duck's egg
5. (verb) duck
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
Synonyms: parry, circumvent, evade, hedge, douse, elude, dip, fudge, put off, skirt, sidestep, dodge
6. (verb) duck
submerge or plunge suddenly
Synonyms: parry, circumvent, evade, hedge, douse, elude, dip, fudge, put off, skirt, sidestep, dodge
7. (verb) dip, douse, duck
dip into a liquid
Synonyms: parry, fudge, dim, hedge, dodge, dowse, dunk, skirt, duck, sink, put out, souse, sop, soak, circumvent, dip, put off, elude, drench, douse, evade, plunge, sidestep
8. (verb) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Synonyms: put over, circumvent, set back, dip, turn off, confuse, sidestep, cook, douse, overreach, beat, surround, dishearten, hold over, hem in, environ, defer, outfox, deflect, parry, dodge, remit, fake, duck, border, flurry, prorogue, block, outsmart, hedge, manipulate, put off, evade, falsify, table, misrepresent, postpone, hedge in, shelve, beleaguer, elude, disconcert, ring, wangle, escape, fudge, outwit, besiege, bilk, skirt
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Synonyms and Antonyms of duck 
