duck

Meanings

• small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
• (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
• flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
• a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
• to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
  • "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
• submerge or plunge suddenly
• dip into a liquid
• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Synonyms

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