duck

1 :  to thrust under water

2 :  to lower (the head, the body, etc.) quickly :  bow

3 :  avoid, evade duck the issue

1a :  to plunge under the surface of waterb :  to descend suddenly :  dip

2a :  to lower the head or body suddenly :  dodgeb :  bow, bob

3a :  to move quicklyb :  to evade a duty, question, or responsibility

:  an instance of ducking

1 :  a durable closely woven usually cotton fabric

2 ducks plural :  light clothes and especially trousers made of duck

:  a swimming bird that has a broad flat bill and is smaller than the related goose and swan

1 :  to push under water for a moment The swan ducked its head.

2 :  to lower the head or body suddenly You have to duck through the doorway.

3 :  to avoid by moving quickly He ducked the punch.

4 :  to avoid a duty, question, or responsibility Let's duck out of work early.

:  any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage