duck

Definitions

• (intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
• (transitive) To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
• (transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
• (intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
• (intransitive) To bow.
• (transitive) To evade doing something.
• (transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
• (intransitive) To enter a place for a short moment.