All duck synonyms
duck
D d verb duck
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- crouch β If you are crouching, your legs are bent under you so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly.
- dive β to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
- sidestep β to step to one side.
- bow β When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.
- bend β When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
- shun β to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- lower β to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- plunge β to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- fence β a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- shy β bashful; retiring.
- lurch β Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- parry β to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
- stoop β to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
- submerge β to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- double β twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- shirk β to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
- dip β to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- bob β If something bobs, it moves up and down, like something does when it is floating on water.
noun duck
- rara avis β a rare person or thing; rarity.
- canvas β Canvas is a strong, heavy cloth that is used for making things such as tents, sails, and bags.
- water bird β an aquatic bird; a swimming or wading bird.
- hen β the female of the domestic fowl.
- mallard β a common, almost cosmopolitan, wild duck, Anas platyrhynchos, from which the domestic ducks are descended.
- pigeon β (not in technical use) pidgin; pidgin English.
- goose β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- fowl β the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken. Compare domestic fowl.
- tenting β a probe.
- partridge β any of several Old World gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially Perdix perdix.
- nosedive β a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- nose-dive β a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- domestic fowl β a chicken.
- geese β a plural of goose.
- zombie β the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose. the supernatural force itself.
- persona β a person.
- character β The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
- submersion β to submerge.
- nose dive β a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- rooster β the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- pullet β a young hen, less than one year old.
- tarp β tarpaulin.
- capon β A capon is a male chicken that has had its sex organs removed and has been specially fattened up to be eaten.
- wack β wacko.
- submergence β to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- pheasant β any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.
- sailcloth β any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- header β the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- waterfowl β a water bird, especially a swimming bird.
- feint β a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.