duck

About 4.55 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
2. verb To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
3. verb To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
4. verb To bow.
5. verb To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.
6. verb To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
7. verb To enter a place for a short moment.

   I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute; can you hold my bag?

8. noun A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.

Similar words

douse sidestep parry dodge circumvent elude evade put off skirt dip

Often followed by

and in is with or to was pond hunting

Word family

ducked ducker duckers ducking ducks get her ducks in a row get his ducks in a row get its ducks in a row get my ducks in a row get one's ducks in a row