duckers
People avoiding things
Duckers are people who duck—either literally bending down to avoid something, or figuratively evading responsibility, questions, or confrontation.
The term often carries a negative connotation of avoidance: The candidate was a known ducker of tough questions.
In some contexts, duckers refers to those who submerge others in water, as in games or baptism.
Those who evade
- evadersThose who sidestep
- avoidersThose who evade
- shirkersThose who evade duties
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
weaving · evasion · escape · slipping · swerving · bobbing · crouching · hiding
Various, of multiple kinds
- submergingPutting fully underwater
- plungingDescending steeply and quickly
- swimmersThose propelling through water
- dunkingBrief submersion in liquid
underwater · dipping · immersion · splashing · diving · submersion · bobbing · surface
dodgers
Those who evade
sidestepping · weaving · evasion · escape · slipping · swerving · bobbing · crouching · hiding · skulking
divers
Various, of multiple kinds
- submergingPutting fully underwater
- plungingDescending steeply and quickly
- swimmersThose propelling through water
dunking · underwater · dipping · immersion · splashing · diving · submersion · bobbing · surface · waterfowl
bobbing
Rhythmic vertical movement
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- fightersThose who engage physically
- sparringPractice combat training
counterpunch · defensive · footwork · slip · feint · jab · ringcraft · evasive · crouch · guard
duckerschallengers
Those who compete against
fighters · resisters · tacklers · truth-tellers · meeters
- ducked outDeparted quietly, unobtrusively
- ducked downLowered oneself suddenly
- ducked and coveredAssumed defensive crouch