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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"

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)

submerge or plunge suddenly

to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"

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"

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)

(in cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

submerge or plunge suddenly

to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"

A pet; a darling.

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

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

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

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

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

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae.

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

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.

A pet; a darling.

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

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

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

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

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

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae.

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

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.

A common swimming bird with short neck and legs and flat bill; the female of this bird, as distinguished from the male, or drake; a strong linen or cotton material.

To plunge the head under water and then withdraw it quickly; bob the head.

To dip or plunge under water; throw into water; wet thoroughly.

A kind of coarse cloth for small sails, sacking, etc.

To dip or dive: to lower the head suddenly.

The name common to all the fowls constituting the Linnaean genus Anas, now raised into a sub-family Anatinae, and by some naturalists divided into two sub-families Anatinae and Fuli-gulinae, or land-ducks and sea-ducks. The common mallard or wild-duck (Anas Boschas) is the original of our domestic duck. In its wild state the male is characterized by the deep green of the plumage of the head and neck, by a white collar separating the green from the dark chestnut of the lower part of the neck, and by having the four middle feathers of the tail recurved. The wild-duck is taken in large quantities by decoys and other means, in Lincolnshire, England, and Picardy, France. Some tame ducks have nearly the same plumage as the wild ones; others vary greatly, being generally duller, but all the males have the four recurved tail-feathers. The most obvious distinction between the tame and wild ducks lies in the color of their feet, those of the tame being black, and of the wild yellow: a dipping or stooping of the head: a pet, darling.

A water-fowl; kind of canvas.

To nod or stoop suddenly.

To plunge under water; drench.

To plunge suddenly under water; dive; bob; dodge; cringe.

A web - footed, short - legged water - fowl.

A strong linen or cotton fabric.

A species of coarse cloth, used for small sails, sacking of bed, &c.

A water-fowl, so called from its plunging; an inclination of the head, resembling the motion of a duck in water; a darling; a pet.

To dip or plunge in water, and suddenly withdraw; to bow, stoop, or nod.

To dip in water, and immediately withdraw; to drop the head suddenly; to bow; to cringe. To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone, tile, &c., obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of water; to squander. Lame duck, a cant phrase for a defaulter at the Stock Exchange.

A well-known water-fowl; a kind of canvas; a vulgar term of endearment; a quick inclination of the head, resembling the motion of a duck's head In water.

To plunge or dip among water, and then withdraw, as the head; to stoop; to bow.

n. [Old Saxon] A species of coarse cloth or light canvas, used for small sails, sacking of bed, &c.

n. A well-known water-fowl, of the genus Anas;—an inclination of the head, resembling the motion of a duck in water;—a term of endearment.

A waterfowl, both wild and tame; a word of endearment, or fondness; a declination of the head; a stone thrown obliquely on the waters.