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ducking definition
ducking |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb duck 1 of 4 senses of duck Sense 4 hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep => quibble Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb duck 1 of 4 senses of duck Sense 4 hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep => quibble Entailment of verb duck Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb duck 4 senses of duck Sense 1 duck => move Sense 2 duck => dive, plunge, plunk Sense 3 dip, douse, duck => dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse Sense 4 hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep => avoid Familiarity of verb duck duck used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb duck Sense 1 duck => move -------------- Sense 2 duck => dive, plunge, plunk -------------- Sense 3 dip, douse, duck => dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse -------------- Sense 4 hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep => avoid -------------- Grep of noun ducking ducking ducking stool Overview of noun ducking The noun ducking has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) ducking, duck hunting -- (hunting ducks) 2. ducking, dousing, immersion -- (the act of submerging something) Overview of verb duck The verb duck has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (10) duck -- (to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away: "Before he could duck, another stone struck him.") 2. (3) duck -- (submerge or plunge suddenly) 3. dip, douse, duck -- (dip into a liquid: "He dipped into the pool") 4. hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue") Overview of noun ducking The noun ducking has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) ducking, duck hunting -- (hunting ducks) 2. ducking, dousing, immersion -- (the act of submerging something) Overview of verb duck The verb duck has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (10) duck -- (to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away: "Before he could duck, another stone struck him.") 2. (3) duck -- (submerge or plunge suddenly) 3. dip, douse, duck -- (dip into a liquid: "He dipped into the pool") 4. hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue")
ducking definition