What is the meaning of duck?

noun

• Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs.
• Cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman.
  • synonyms: duck's egg
• Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild. )
• A heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents.

verb

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