verb (used with
object), duck·ed, duck·ing.
to escape from by trickery or cleverness:
to duck one's pursuers.
to get around by trickery:
to duck the
rules.
to avoid doing or fulfilling:
to duck an obligation.
to avoid answering directly:
to duck a question.
derived from the practice of lowering ones stature (that is, to duck) in order to evade a punch or
strike