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duck

n.

Types and breeds of ducks include: freshwater, sea, gadwall, garganey, shoveler, spoonbill, widgeon, baldpate, bufflehead, butterball, whistler, broadbill, ruddy, old, squaw, harlequin, ringneck, black, wood, mandarin, musk, pintail, tufted, spotbill, mottled, masked, yellow-billed, redhead, pochard, canvasback, mallard, Peking, eider, fulvous, tree, Mexican, Aylesbury; cinnamon teal, green-winged teal, scoter, surf, coot, scaup, merganser, sheldrake;

like water off a duck's back<strong>*

ineffective, ineffectual, weak; see useless 1.

duck Synonyms

duck

v.

To lower the head or body quickly
bob, bend, stoop; see bow 1.
To immerse quickly
plunge, submerge, dunk; see dip 1, immerse 1.
To avoid
dodge, evade, elude; see avoid, evade 1.

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Another word for duck

verb

To avoid fulfilling or answering completely:
dodge, evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt. See seek
To keep away from:
avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around, shun. Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep (or stay) (or steer) clear of. See seek
To plunge briefly in or into a liquid:
dip, douse, dunk, immerge, immerse, souse, submerge, submerse. See enter