ducked
Bent to avoid
Ducked is the past tense of duck.
To duck is to lower your head or body quickly, usually to avoid something: She ducked under the branch, He ducked just as the ball flew past.
To duck something is to evade or avoid it: He's been ducking my calls, They ducked the question.
To duck into a place is to enter quickly and briefly: I ducked into a café to escape the rain.
Avoided by quick movement
- evadedSuccessfully avoided capture
- sidesteppedAvoided by moving aside
- shirkedAvoided obligated tasks
- eludedAvoided being caught
escaped · bypassed · skirted · circumvented · deflected · parried · averted · shunned
Recoiled involuntarily from threat
- recoiledShrank back suddenly
- crouchedBent knees, lowered body
- dippedBriefly immersed
- droppedLet fall downward
lowered · stooped · bent · hunched · cowered · cringed · winced · shrank
Moving with speed
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- abruptSharp and unexpected
- swiftMoving with speed
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
spontaneous · involuntary · reactive · hasty · immediate · split-second · snap · jerky
dodged
Avoided by quick movement
- evadedSuccessfully avoided capture
- sidesteppedAvoided by moving aside
- shirkedAvoided obligated tasks
eluded · escaped · bypassed · skirted · circumvented · deflected · parried · averted · shunned · fended off
flinched
Recoiled involuntarily from threat
dropped · lowered · stooped · bent · hunched · cowered · cringed · winced · shrank · jerked
quick
Moving with speed
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- abruptSharp and unexpected
- swiftMoving with speed
impulsive · spontaneous · involuntary · reactive · hasty · immediate · split-second · snap · jerky · startled
duckedstood up
Failed to appear
straightened · rose · jumped · ascended · raised up
duckedfaced
Met without flinching
confronted · accepted · addressed · tackled · stood up to
- sitting duckDefenseless person or thing
- ducks outExits discreetly, avoids something
- ducked outDeparted quietly, unobtrusively
- rubber duckSqueezable floating tub toy
- Donald DuckIrascible animated waterfowl
- rubber duckyFloating bathtub toy
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