duck
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duck |
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Adamite, Bantam, Cornish hen, about the bush, also-ran, angel, avert, avoid, avoidance,
avoiding reaction, babe, baby-doll, baby, back and fill, banty, baptism, baptize, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, bastard, beat around,
beg the question, being, bend, bend the knee, biddy, bilk, bird, blench, blink, bob, body, booby, bow, broiler,
brooder, broody hen, bugger,
burial, bury, buttercup,
caille, canard, caneton, capon, case, cat, chanticleer, chap, chapon, character, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicky, circumvention, cock, cockerel, creature, cringe, crouch, curtsy, customer, darling,
dear, deary, defeatee, defense mechanism, deluge, dindon, dip, dipping, dive, dodge, dog it, doll, domestic fowl, double, douse, dousing, drake, draw back,
draw in, drown, duck duty,
ducking, duckling, dunghill fowl, dunk, dunking, earthling,
elude, elusion, elusiveness,
engulf, engulfment, equivocate,
equivocation, escape, eschew, evade, evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, fade, faisan,
fall back, fall guy, fallback, feller, fellow, fence, flinch, float, flood, flow on, forbearance,
forestalling, forestallment, fowl,
fryer, game fowl, game loser, gander, genuflect, genuflection,
get out of, getting around, gobbler, goldbrick, good loser, good
sport, goof off, goose, gosling, groundling, grouse, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, guy, hand, hang back, head, hedge, hem and haw,
hen, hen turkey, homo,
hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, hum and haw, human, human being,
immerge, immergence, immerse,
immersion, individual, inundate, inundation, jasper, jib, jink, joker, kneel, kneeling, kowtow, lad, lamb, lambkin, life, living soul, loser, love, lover, make a reverence, malinger, man, merge, mince the truth, mince words, mortal, neutrality, nod, nonintervention, noninvolvement, nose, not pull fair, obeisance, oddball, oddity,
oie, one, original,
overwhelm, palter, parry, partlet, partridge, party,
person, personage, personality, pet, petkins, pheasant,
pigeon, pigeonneau, plunge,
plunge in water, poulard, poulet, poult,
poultry, pour on, precious,
precious heart, prevaricate, prevent,
prevention, prostration, pull away,
pull back, pull in, pull out, pullback, pullet, pullout, pussyfoot, put off,
quail, quiz, rain, recoil, reel back, refraining, retract, retreat, reverence, roaster, rooster, salaam, setting hen, sheer off, shift, shift off, shirk, shrink, shrink back, shun, shunning, shunting off, shy, shy away, shy off, sidestep,
sidestepping, sidetracking, single, sink, sinking, skulk,
slack, slide out of, slip,
slip out of, sluice, sneak out of,
snookums, soldier, somebody,
someone, soul, souse, sousing, spook, sport, spring chicken, squab, squat, start aside, start back, steer clear of, step aside, stewing chicken, stooge, stoop, stud, submerge, submergence, submerse, submersion, sugar, supination, swamp, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, swerve, tellurian, tergiversate, terran, the runaround, the vanquished, tom, tom turkey, turkey-cock, turkey,
turkey gobbler, turn aside, underdog, victim, volaille, waffle, ward, ward off, weasel, weasel out, welsh, whelm, wild duck, wince, withdraw, worldling, zigzag, zombie
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duck out |
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beat it, blow, bow out, depart, disappear, dog it, duck and run, escape, exit, go on furlough, go on leave, lam,
leave the scene, mooch off, scram, skin out, skulk away, slide off, slink off, slip away, slip off, slip out, slip out of, slither off, sneak off, sneak out,
split, steal away, take a powder,
take leave, vamoose
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lame duck |
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adventurer, also-ran, aspirant, baby kisser, bankrupt, big
operator, candidate, dark horse, defeated candidate, dud, failure, favorite son, gunslinger, holdover, hopeful, incumbent, ins, insolvent, insolvent debtor, jack-in-office, margin
purchaser, new broom, office-bearer, office seeker, officeholder, operator, plunger,
political hopeful, president-elect, presidential timber, public official, public servant, running mate, scalper, smart operator, speculator, stag, stalking-horse
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queer duck |
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alien, case, character, crackpot, crank, eccentric, fanatic, hermit,
hobo, kook, lone wolf, loner, maverick, meshuggenah, natural, nonconformist, nut, odd fellow, oddball, oddity, original, outsider,
pariah, queer fish, queer specimen, rara avis, screwball, solitary, tramp, type, zealot
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sitting duck |
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babe, boob, breeze, butt, chump, cinch, credulous person, cull, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, easy
target, easy thing, fall guy, fish,
fool, gobe-mouches, greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon,
gull, innocent, leadpipe cinch,
mark, monkey, patsy, picnic, pie, piece of cake, pigeon, plaything, prize sap, pushover, sap, saphead, schlemiel, setup, sinecure, sitter, snap, stooge, sucker, toy, trusting soul, velvet, victim
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Main entries similar to: duck
also-ran, angel, avoid, avoidance, babe, baby, backpedal, backwater, banty, baptism, baptize, bastard, beat around the bush, beg the question, being,
bend, biddy, bilk, bird, blench, blink, bloke, bob, body, booby, bow,
broiler, brooder, bugger, burial, bury, canard, case, cat, chap, character, cherub, chick, chicken, circumvention, cock, corduroy, cotton, cove, creature, cringe, crouch, curtsy, customer, darling, dear, defense mechanism, deluge, dip, dipping, dive, dodge,
doll, double, douse, dousing, drake, draw back, draw in, drench, drown, duckling, dunk, dunking, earthling, eccentric, elude, elusion, engulf, equivocate, equivocation, escape, eschew, evade, evasion,
fabric, fade, fall back, fall guy, fallback, fellow, fence, flinch,
float, flood, flow on, forbearance, forestalling, fowl, fryer, gander,
genuflect, genuflection, get out of, gobbler, goldbrick, goof off, goose, gosling, groundling, grouse, guy, hand, hang back,
head, hedge, hem and haw, hen, homo, honey, human, immerge,
immerse, immersion, individual, inundate, inundation, jib, johnny, joker,
kneel, kowtow, lad, lamb, life, loser, love, lover, magpie, malinger, man,
merge, mortal, neutrality, nod, nonintervention, noninvolvement, nose, nylon, obeisance, oddball, oddity, one, original,
overwhelm, palter, parry, party, person, personage, personality, pet,
picnic, pigeon, poultry, precious, prevaricate, prevention, prostration, pull back, pull in, pull out, pullback, pullet, pullout, pushover, pussyfoot, put off, quail, quiz,
rain, recoil, reel, refraining, retract, retreat, reverence, roaster, rooster, runaround, salaam, scamp, setup,
sheer off, shift, shirk, shrink, shun, shunning, shy, sidestep,
sink, sinking, skirt, skulk, slack, slip, slip out of, sluice,
soldier, somebody, someone, soul, souse, spook, sport, squab, squat, start, step
aside, stooge, stoop, stud, submerge, submergence, submersion, sugar, swamp, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, swerve, tellurian, tergiversate, tom, tractor, truck, turkey,
turn aside, underdog, victim, waffle, ward off, weasel, welsh, whelm,
wince, withdraw, zero, zigzag, zombie
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