duck
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(verb) to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away: "Before he could duck, another stone struck him." |
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Related Words: move |
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(verb) submerge or plunge suddenly |
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Related Words: dive, plunge, plunk |
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(noun) small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs |
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Related Words: Aix galericulata, Aix sponsa, Anas acuta, Anas clypeata, Anas penelope, Anas platyrhynchos, Anas rubripes, Aythya americana, Aythya ferina, Aythya valisineria, Bucephela albeola, Bucephela clangula, Cairina moschata, Oxyura jamaicensis, anseriform bird, black duck, bluebill, broadbill, bufflehead, butterball, canvasback, canvasback duck, dabbler, dabbling duck, dipper, diving duck, drake, duckling, goldeneye, mallard, mandarin duck, muscovy duck, musk duck, pin-tailed duck, pintail, pochard, quack-quack, redhead, ruddy duck, scaup, scaup duck, sea duck, sheldrake, shoveler, summer duck, teal, whistler, widgeon, wigeon, wild duck, wood duck, wood widgeon |
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(noun) a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents |
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Related Words: cloth, fabric, material, textile |
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(noun) flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) |
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Related Words: duckling, poultry |
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(noun) (in cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman |
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Synonyms: duck's egg |
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Related Words: score |
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(verb) dip into a liquid: "He dipped into the pool" |
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Synonyms: dip, douse |
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Related Words: dip, douse, dunk, plunge, souse |
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(verb) avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue" |
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Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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Related Words: avoid |
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