duck

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

a score of nothing by a batsman

dip into a liquid

a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

submerge or plunge suddenly

to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

“Before he could duck, another stone struck him”