Noun

• S: (n) duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
• S: (n) duck, duck's egg ((cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman)
• S: (n) duck (flesh of a duck (domestic or wild))
• S: (n) duck (a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) fabric, cloth, material, textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers) "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
• S: (n) artifact, artefact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
• S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

Verb

• S: (v) duck (to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away) "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
• S: (v) duck (submerge or plunge suddenly)
• S: (v) dip, douse, duck (dip into a liquid) "He dipped into the pool"
• S: (v) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)) "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"