ducking

/ˈdʌkɪŋ/

verb

1
To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
2
To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
3
To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
4
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
5
To bow.
6
To evade doing something.
7
To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
8
To enter a place for a short moment.
“I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?”

1
The action of the verb to duck.
2
An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
“They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment.”

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