duck

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

Dip into a liquid.

Submerge or plunge suddenly.

To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away.

“Before he could duck, another stone struck him”

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman.

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

Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild).

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