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Ducks

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ducks"

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Word	Definition
dousenoun	A sudden plunging into water.
sidestepnoun	A physical motion or metaphorical act to avoid or dodge something.
parrynoun	A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
dodgenoun	An act of dodging.
circumventverb	(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
eludeverb	(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
evadeverb	(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
put offverb	(transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination.
skirtnoun	A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
dipnoun	A lower section of a road or geological feature.
hedgenoun	(finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
fudgenoun	(chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
canardnoun	A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
divers	Archaic form of diverse, in the sense of various or assorted. [Consisting of different elements; various.]
pathosnoun	The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.
muscovynoun	The Russian territory around and ruled from Moscow by grand princes until it became the nucleus of a united Russia, which its dynasty ruled first as czars (kings) from Moscow, later as emperors from Saint Petersburg.
speciesnoun	(biology) A group of sexually reproducing organisms of which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.
duckynoun	An affectionate pet name.
canvasbacknoun	A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird.
mallardnoun	(countable) Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.