Overview of noun ducking

The noun ducking has 2 senses

• ducking, duck hunting -- (hunting ducks)


• submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing -- (the act of wetting something by submerging it)

Overview of verb duck

The verb duck has 4 senses

• duck -- (to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him")


• duck -- (submerge or plunge suddenly)


• dip, douse, duck -- (dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool")


• hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (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")