| noun | hunting ducks |
| noun | the act of wetting something by submerging it |
| verb | to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away “Before he could duck, another stone struck him” |
| verb | submerge or plunge suddenly |
| verb | dip into a liquid “He dipped into the pool” |
| verb | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) “He dodged the issue” |
| submerge | verb | put under water |
| submerse | verb | put under water |
| immerse | verb | cause to be immersed |
| duck | verb | dip into a liquid |
| douse | verb | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate |
| ducking | noun | the act of wetting something by submerging it |
| dip | noun | a brief swim in water |
| hedge | noun | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement |
| hedger | noun | a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer |
| hedging | noun | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement |
| evasion | noun | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do |
| circumvention | noun | the act of evading by going around |
| dodge | noun | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery |
| dodger | noun | a shifty deceptive person |
| dodging | noun | deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening |