Duck vs. Dodge

Duckverb

(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Duckverb

(transitive) To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Duckverb

(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

Duckverb

(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

Duckverb

(intransitive) To bow.

Duckverb

(transitive) To evade doing something.

Duckverb

(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

Duckverb

To enter a place for a short moment.

Ducknoun

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

Ducknoun

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

Ducknoun

(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.

Ducknoun

(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)

Ducknoun

(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.

Ducknoun

A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.

Ducknoun

A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.

Ducknoun

A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.

Ducknoun

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

Ducknoun

One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.

Ducknoun

A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

Ducknoun

(in plural) Trousers made of such material.

Ducknoun

A term of endearment; pet; darling.

Ducknoun

(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

Ducknoun

A pet; a darling.

Ducknoun

A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, - used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

Ducknoun

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Ducknoun

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

Ducknoun

A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

Duckverb

To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

Duckverb

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

Duckverb

To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

Duckverb

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

Duckverb

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

Ducknoun

small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

Ducknoun

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Ducknoun

flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

Ducknoun

a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

Duckverb

to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;

Duckverb

submerge or plunge suddenly

Duckverb

dip into a liquid;

Duckverb

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

Ducknoun

a waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.

Ducknoun

a female duck.

Ducknoun

a duck as food

Ducknoun

a pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America.

Ducknoun

an amphibious transport vehicle

Ducknoun

a quick lowering of the head.

Ducknoun

dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys)

Ducknoun

a strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails

Ducknoun

trousers made of duck.

Ducknoun

a batsman's score of nought

Duckverb

lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen

Duckverb

depart quickly

Duckverb

avoid (a blow or missile) by moving quickly

Duckverb

evade or avoid (an unwelcome duty or undertaking)

Duckverb

push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment

Duckverb

refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons

Duck

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are also members of the same family.

Dodgeverb

(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

Dodgeverb

To avoid; to sidestep.

Dodgeverb

(archaic) To go hither and thither.

Dodgeverb

To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).

Dodgeverb

(transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.

Dodgeverb

To trick somebody.

Dodgenoun

An act of dodging.

Dodgenoun

A trick, evasion or wile.

Dodgenoun

(slang) A line of work.

Dodgeadjective

(Australian) dodgy

Dodgeverb

To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

Dodgeverb

To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.

Dodgeverb

To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.

Dodgeverb

Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.

Dodgeverb

To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.

Dodgenoun

The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice.

Dodgenoun

an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade;

Dodgenoun

a quick evasive movement

Dodgenoun

a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

Dodgeverb

make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid;

Dodgeverb

move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course;

Dodgeverb

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

Dodge

Dodge is an American brand of automobiles and a division of Stellantis, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Dodge vehicles include performance cars, though for much of its existence Dodge was Chrysler's mid-priced brand above Plymouth.