duck
2verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
Origin of duck
2Synonyms for duck
Related Words for ducked
dodge, crouch, dive, sidestep, evade, bow, elude, bend, escape, shun, lower, plunge, fence, shy, lurch, parry, stoop, submerge, double, shirkExamples from the Web for ducked
Contemporary Examples of ducked
We huddled under the covers and drank and ate and then ducked out in the dark to brush our teeth.
When he reached me at that gathering, he ducked a question about his role by declaring: “What is important is historical truth.”
As she ducked out of the Sheraton fundraiser, she met a group of women coming at her on the up escalator.
The two young brothers, aged six and seven, described how they ducked down in the back seat when the bullets started to fly.
A woman who was sitting with the father would later tell police that she ducked down and covered her ears as he returned fire.
Historical Examples of ducked
The Road-Runner ducked once or twice by way of refreshing his memory.
The Trail BookMary Austin
He ducked instinctively, striking upward with his cutlass as he did so.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
He appears to think that so distinguished a criminal should have been ducked in a tank of rosewater.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
He ducked and peered into her face again, and again his face sobered.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
Get out of the house, you puppy; or I'll have the servants up, and have you ducked in the horse-pond.'
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald