duck synonyms

duck

n.

Types and breeds of ducks include: freshwater, sea, gadwall, garganey, shoveler, spoonbill, widgeon, baldpate, bufflehead, butterball, whistler, broadbill, ruddy, old, squaw, harlequin, ringneck, black, wood, mandarin, musk, pintail, tufted, spotbill, mottled, masked, yellow-billed, redhead, pochard, canvasback, mallard, Peking, eider, fulvous, tree, Mexican, Aylesbury; cinnamon teal, green-winged teal, scoter, surf, coot, scaup, merganser, sheldrake;

like water off a duck's back<strong>*

ineffective, ineffectual, weak; see useless 1.

duck

v.

  1. To lower the head or body quickly

    bob, bend, stoop; see bow 1.

  2. To immerse quickly

    plunge, submerge, dunk; see dip 1, immerse 1.

  3. To avoid

    dodge, evade, elude; see avoid, evade 1.

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