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noun

Definition of duckingnext
as in escape
the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable the disgraceful ducking of your duties to your family

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ducking

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verb

present participle of duck
1
as in avoiding
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work

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2
as in weaving
to move suddenly aside or to and fro duck behind a pillar before they see us

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3
as in dipping
to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ducking
  1. escape
  2. avoiding
  3. weaving
  4. dipping
  5. evading
  6. immersing
  7. evasion
  8. escaping
Noun
  • The Escape From Tarkov Halloween event is in full swing and after a new patch earlier today two new quests have been added, as well as multiple changes being made to the zombie spawn rate.
    Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • This non-escapist escape distinguishes On the Wandering Path from most contemporary movies.
    Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of escape
Verb
  • Pull Straight Out with Steady Pressure Pull the tick out with a slow, steady motion and avoiding twisting or jerking so that the tick’s mouthparts don’t break off and remain in the skin.
    Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
  • This idea of anticipating what might be coming your way and then taking the appropriate actions and avoiding some of the pitfalls.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of avoiding
Verb
  • Auroras are ribbons of light weaving across Earth's northern or southern polar regions, according to NASA.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Located at the Jimi Asian Art Museum, the show followed the designer’s constant theme of identity recognition, with models and performers weaving in and out of ancient Asian sculptures, making for a unique visual experience.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of weaving
Verb
  • This investment mindset is exactly why dipping into the designer price point category will be well worth your time, research, and budget.
    Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Just dipping its toes in that genre, with those strong performers, is enough to drive you mad.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of dipping
Verb
  • Police said the man was charged with arson and evading arrest.
    Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The evading driver was about 5-foot-10 and was wearing a white hoodie with a black hood and sweat pants, police said.
    Josh LaBella, Connecticut Post, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of evading
Verb
  • As a young girl, actor and comedian Kate McKinnon loved nothing more than immersing herself in nature–finding toads, collecting bugs, and having innocent, mischievous adventures around her town.
    Mia Taylor, Parents, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Immersion cooling is being explored as a potential future technology, going one step beyond today’s liquid cooling by immersing servers in inert liquids that carry even higher levels of heat away from the system.
    Steven Woo, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of immersing
Noun
  • In 2022, the company agreed to pay roughly $60 million (55.8 million euros) to settle a tax evasion investigation in Italy.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The law was meant to crack down on tax evasion, but many Americans living abroad have found the compliance burden to be untenable.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of evasion
Verb
  • Nash-Betts' character ended up crashing her car, landing her back in the hospital with Ed as her nurse, and the episode ended with the pair breaking out of the hospital hand-in-hand and escaping in Ed's red convertible.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Helene was so destructive, many residents don’t have a home left to clean up, escaping the storm with little more than the clothes on their backs, even losing their shoes to the surging tides.
    Kate Payne and David R. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of escaping
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