Duck

/dʌk/

Synonyms for "duck" (412 found)

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Closest matches (83)

about the bushadamitealso ranalso-ran angel avert avoid avoidanceavoiding reactionbabe baby baby-dollback and fillbackpedal backwater bantam banty baptism baptizebarn-door fowl

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barnyard fowlbastardbeat aroundbeat around the bushbeg the questionbeing bendbend the kneebiddy bilk bird blench blink bloke bob body booby bow broiler brooderbroody henbugger burial bury buttercup caille canard caneton capon case cat chanticleer chap chapon character cherub chick chickabiddy chicken chicky circumvention cock cockerel corduroycornish hencotton cove creature cringe crouch curtsy customer darling

Noun(6 words)

bluebill canards canvas cloth crouch crouches

Verb(4 words)

circumvent cower cowers crouched

Strong matches (123)

dear deary defeateedefense mechanismdeluge dindon dip dipping dive dodgedog itdolldomestic fowldouble douse dousing drakedraw backdraw indrench

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drownduck dutyducking ducklingdunghill fowldunk dunking earthling eccentric elude elusion elusiveness engulf engulfment equivocate equivocation escape eschew evade evasionevasive actionevasiveness fade faisanfall backfall guyfallback feller fellow fence flinch float floodflow onforbearance forestalling forestallment fowl fryergame fowlgame losergander genuflect genuflectionget out ofgetting aroundgobbler goldbrickgood losergood sportgoof offgoose gosling groundling grouseguinea cockguinea fowlguinea henguy handhang backhead hedgehem and hawhenhen turkeyhomo hon honeyhoney bunchhoney childhum and hawhumanhuman beingimmerge immergence immerse immersion individual inundate

Verb(11 words)

dip dodge dodged douseduck downelude evade evaded fudge hedge hunkered

Noun(12 words)

dodge dodges dodgingduck's eggdunk evade fabric fobbing friend hunkering hunkers immerse

Related words (206)

inundation jasper jib jink johnny joker kneel kneeling kowtow lad lamb lambkin lifeliving soulloser love lover magpiemake a reverencemalinger

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man mergemince the truthmince wordsmortal neutrality nod nonintervention noninvolvement nosenot pull fairnylon obeisance oddball oddity oie one original overwhelm palter parry partlet partridge party person personage personality pet petkins pheasant picnic pigeon pigeonneau plungeplunge in waterpoulard poulet poult poultrypour onpreciousprecious heartprevaricate prevent prevention prostrationpull awaypull backpull inpull outpullback pullet pullout pushover pussyfootput offquail quiz rain recoil reelreel backrefraining retract retreat reverence roaster rooster runaround salaam scampsetting hensetupsheer offshiftshift offshirk shrinkshrink backshun shunningshunting offshyshy awayshy offsidestep sidestepping sidetracking single sink sinking skulk slackslide out ofslipslip out ofsluicesneak out ofsnookums soldier somebody someone soul souse sousing spook sportspring chickensquab squat startstart asidestart backsteer clear ofstep asidestewing chickenstooge stoop stud submerge submergence submerse submersion sugar supination swamp sweet sweetheart sweetie sweetkins sweets swerve tellurian tergiversate terranthe runaroundthe vanquishedtomtom turkeytractor truck turkeyturkey gobblerturkey-cockturn asideunderdog victim volaille waffle wardward offweaselweasel outwelsh whelmwild duckwince withdraw worldling zero zigzag zombie

Noun(17 words)

jinks noughts scaup scoter shoveler sidestep squatting squirming startle stoop stooping submerge waterfowl weaseling widgeon widgeons wriggles

Verb(7 words)

parryput offshies sidestep skirt squatted stooped

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More general

26 entries

actionanseriform birdavoid avoidance birdbodily actcloth deflection dip dive douse dunkevade actionfabric immersion material

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More specific

11 entries

crouch dodgeduck a questionduck canvasduck responsibilityduck the issuefull submersionhead dunkmallard stoop teal

Collocations

11 entries

domestic duckduck a questionduck behindduck feathersduck for coverduck huntingduck one's headduck outduck populationduck undermallard duck

Inflections

3 entries

ducked ducking ducks

Derivations

4 entries

ducker duckish ducklike duckling

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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It's duck soup for a girl of easy virtue to find a new man.

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It looks like a duck.

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Can you tell a duck from a goose?

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Now the President is nothing but a lame duck.

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