ducker
One who avoids
A ducker is someone or something that ducks—lowers quickly to avoid something, or dodges figuratively: He's a ducker of responsibility.
In specialized contexts, a ducker refers to a person who hunts ducks or a device used in duck hunting.
The word appears in combinations like ducker and diver, British slang for someone who's evasive or resourceful.
Evade by moving aside
- avoidStay away from
- swerveAbrupt directional change
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
- escapeFlight from captivity
deflect · parry · bypass · circumvent · weave · zigzag · bob · dip
sidestep
Evade by moving aside
escape · deflect · parry · bypass · circumvent · weave · zigzag · bob · dip · jink
shirker
One who avoids duty
slippery · elusive · sly · cunning · artful · responsibility · draft · taxes · fare · toll
mallard
Common dabbling waterfowl
canvasback · redhead · scaup · goldeneye · eider · merganser · drake · hen · brood · dabbler
- signal processorscompressor, equalizer, limiter, reverb, delay
duckerconfronter
One who faces directly
challenger · engager · fighter · resistor · defier
- sitting duckDefenseless person or thing
- ducks outExits discreetly, avoids something
- ugly ducklingInitially unpromising eventual success
- ducked outDeparted quietly, unobtrusively
- rubber duckSqueezable floating tub toy
- Donald DuckIrascible animated waterfowl