duck | Definition of duck

duck

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of duck

1 to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery

don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work

Synonyms of duck

avoid, dodge, elude, escape, eschew, evade, finesse, get around, scape, shake, shirk, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of)

Words Related to duck

avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off)

ban, bar, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, preclude, rule out

bypass, circumvent, skirt

foil, fox, frustrate, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, thwart

Phrases Synonymous with duck

fight shy of, keep clear of, stay clear of, steer clear of

Near Antonyms of duck

accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

catch, contract, incur

2 to move suddenly aside or to and fro

duck behind a pillar before they see us

Synonyms of duck

dodge, jink, sidestep, slalom, weave, zigzag

Words Related to duck

avoid, elude, escape, evade, parry, shirk, skirt

3 to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid

ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke

Synonyms of duck

dip, douse (also dowse), dunk, immerse, sop, souse, submerge, submerse

Words Related to duck

bathe, moisten, soak, steep, wet

drench, drown, flood

dive, plunge, thrust