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duck's egg, hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, sidestep, dip, douse Definition: small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs;a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents;flesh of a duck (domestic or wild);(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman;avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully";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; "He dipped into the pool"; Hyponyms: drake, quack-quack, duckling, diving duck, dabbling duck, dabbler, mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, black duck, Anas rubripes, teal, widgeon, wigeon, Anas penelope, shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata, pintail, pin-tailed duck, Anas acuta, sheldrake, ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis, bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola, goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula, canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineria, pochard, Aythya ferina, redhead, Aythya americana, scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, wild duck, wood duck, summer duck, wood widgeon, Aix sponsa, mandarin duck, Aix galericulata, muscovy duck, musk duck, Cairina moschata, sea duck, quibble Member Meronyms: Anatidae, family Anatidae Derivational Morphology:
dodge, dodging, scheme, dodger, fox, slyboots, avoidance, turning away, shunning, evasion, escape, circumvention, hedge, hedging, hedger, equivocator, submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing, dip, plunge
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