Definitions
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Word origin
From Middle English ducken, duken, douken (“to duck, plunge under water, submerge”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną (“to dip, dive, bend down, stoop, duck”).
Used in a sentence
“As some raw youth in country bred, To arms by thirst of honour led, When at a skirmish first he hears The bullets whistling round his ears, Will duck his head aside”
“Rimmer ducked his body low into his chair, so just his head remained above the table top, and peered past the backs of the examinees in front of him, waiting for the adjudicator to make his move.”
“Adams after ducking the Squire tvvice or thrice leaped out of the Tub, […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Bird that quacks”4 letters
02“Pond bird”4 letters
03“Pond quacker”4 letters
04“Quacking waterbird”4 letters
05“Waterfowl”4 letters
06“Water bird”4 letters
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