duck
Explore definitions, synonyms, and language insights of duck
Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
                
                    Noun
                    
                (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
                
                    Noun
                    
                flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
                
                    Noun
                    
                a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
                
                    Verb
                    
                to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
                
                    Verb
                    
                submerge or plunge suddenly
                
                    Verb
                    
                dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
                
                    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"
                Synonyms
More General Terms
                    anseriform bird
                    avoid
                    cloth
                    dip
                    dive
                    douse
                    dunk
                    fabric
                    material
                    move
                    plunge
                    plunk
                    poultry
                    score
                    souse
                    textile
            
            More Specific Terms
                    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
                    pintail
                    pin-tailed duck
                    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