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duck⋅er

[duhk-er]
–noun
a person or thing that ducks.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME; see duck 2 , -er 1
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duck 2   (dŭk)   
v.   ducked, duck·ing, ducks

v.   tr.
  1. To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something: ducked his head as the ball came toward him.

  2. To evade; dodge: duck responsibility; ducked the reporter's question.

  3. To push suddenly under water. See Synonyms at dip.

  4. Games To deliberately play a card that is lower than (an opponent's card).

v.   intr.
  1. To lower the head or body.

  2. To move swiftly, especially so as to escape being seen: ducked behind a bush.

  3. To submerge the head or body briefly in water.

  4. To evade a responsibility or obligation. Often used with out: duck out on one's family.

  5. Games To lose a trick by deliberately playing lower than one's opponent.

n.  
  1. A quick lowering of the head or body.

  2. A plunge into water.


[Middle English douken, to dive, possibly from Old English *dūcan; akin to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch dūken.]
duck'er n.
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