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duck

(d/@/k )

small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs(noun.animal)

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(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman(noun.quantity)

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flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)(noun.food)

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a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents(noun.artifact)

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A pet; a darling.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.(noun)

source: webster1913

to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away(verb.motion)

Example:
Before he could duck, another stone struck him.

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submerge or plunge suddenly(verb.motion)

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dip into a liquid(verb.motion)

Synonym:
dip, douse

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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)(verb.communication)

Synonym:
circumvent, dodge, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt

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

source: webster1913
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.(verb)

source: webster1913

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