Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.
- v. To depart quickly or exit abruptly by way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.
- v. To move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion.
Etymologies
Possibly an allusion to the abrupt manner in which a swimming duck can dive and disappear beneath the surface of the water. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Corsi, Drew, and Lipinski managed to duck out of the way, but Hawkins was still standing near Frnats’s prone form, and so was unable to avoid the attack.
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It was easy to duck out of sight as Vera tediously, clumsily clumbered down the steep and narrow stairs.
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