Unscramble duck

Definition of duck

noun:

• small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs.
• (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman. Synonyms: duck's egg.
• flesh of a duck (domestic or wild).
• a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents.

verb:

• to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him".
• submerge or plunge suddenly.
• dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool". Synonyms: dip, douse.
• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue", "she skirted the problem", "They tend to evade their responsibilities", "he evaded the questions skillfully". Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt.

Related words

beg, bluebill, broadbill, bufflehead, butterball, canvasback, dabbler, dipper, drake, duckling, goldeneye, mallard, pintail, pochard, quibble, redhead, scaup, sheldrake, shoveler, shoveller, teal, whistler, widgeon, wigeon.

Words nearby

buck, deck, dick, dock, duce, ducky, duct, dunk, dusk, fuck, guck, huck, luck, muck, puck, ruck, suck, tuck.

Rhymes with

amok, amuck, buck, canuck, chuck, cluck, fuck, gluck, guck, huck, luck, muck, pluck, puck, ruck, schmuck, shuck, struck, stuck, suck.