Verb (used with object) : Duck your head going through that low doorway. ,to duck a hard right; to duck an embarrassing question. From Dictionary.com.
I wonder what people will say about Mr Duckabee and McCain ducking from OBAMA. From Wordnik.com. [Rove slams Obama over 'bitter' comments, flag pin] Reference
In fairness, you do seem to be spending a lot of energy in ducking the further clarification. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews?] Reference
I shall not attempt to give any list of the so-called ducking. From Wordnik.com. [Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation] Reference
Obama would have undoubtedly been characterized as ducking the debate. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
"A ducking ought to be a good enough punishment for this chap, I should say; so, fellows, let's start in to give it to him.". From Wordnik.com. [The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats] Reference
Grant, who is already "ducking" creditors, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes or Villains?] Reference
You know, because the council is "ducking" an up-or-down vote. From Wordnik.com. [DeMorning DeBonis: July 30, 2010] Reference
They seem to be "ducking" most of the Labour-Conservatives marginals. From Wordnik.com. [The Disappearing Local Candidates] Reference
However, to Levitt's credit, he confessed to his past "ducking" in PBS Frontline's documentary The Warning. From Wordnik.com. [Iris Mack: How Former SEC Chairman Levitt "Ducked" on Financial Regulation (videos)] Reference
But I think everybody's kind of ducking and waiting for the electoral bloodbath that is going to happen this fall. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2008] Reference
I'd be ducking from the lightening. From Wordnik.com. [Use the Golden Ratio] Reference
This wasn't about "ducking" the Steelers to start the season. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
Jim Himes that Shays is "ducking" a debate with him. press release. From Wordnik.com. [Connecticut Bob] Reference
Apparently if you don't do interviews on the MSM's timetable your "ducking" them. From Wordnik.com. [First In!] Reference
I don't know how this is remotely close to "ducking" or being afraid of Shane Carwin. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference
This interview came after a week of left wing pundits claiming Palin was "ducking" the media. From Wordnik.com. [First In!] Reference
I guess Kelly Pavlik's been "ducking" Paul Williams too by getting all these staph infections. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference
For my radio work, I have found the simple addition of the 'ducking' feature to be very useful. From Wordnik.com. [VersionTracker: Mac OS X] Reference
Tembinok's abrupt 'I want go home now,' accompanied by a kind of ducking rise, and followed by an unadorned retreat. From Wordnik.com. [In the South Seas] Reference
"ducking" around with locals and out-of-town visitors alike. From Wordnik.com. [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference
"big hole" in the Lib Dems 'plans, and accusing the party of "ducking" difficult choices. From Wordnik.com. [Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk] Reference
( "ducking"). n-Track Studio 6.0.6 works on Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 2000 operating systems. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News from .NET Developer's Journal] Reference
If elected, I'll have to practice my ducking skills. From Wordnik.com. [Half Pint For President!] Reference
We're not going to start ducking now, '' he instructed. From Wordnik.com. [Rfk's Last Campaign] Reference
(You don't actually think he was ducking Scalabrine, do you?). From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: King James] Reference
It looked as thought the soldiers were ducking when the logo flashed by. From Wordnik.com. [What's Funny About War?] Reference
Besides, SMS is a handy means of ducking those big emotional challenges. From Wordnik.com. [The Text Generation] Reference
There would be no ducking each other any longer for Montgomery and Greene. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: A Heavyweight Affair] Reference
In an earlier era, a good officer never wanted to be seen ducking or flinching. From Wordnik.com. [Fear At The Front] Reference
In their own way, the Riadys are winners, too, though they're also ducking interviews. From Wordnik.com. [The Asian Connection] Reference
The next instant, a deafening blast sends him (and his interviewer) ducking for cover. From Wordnik.com. [The Matrix Makers] Reference
Instead of confronting this extremist upsurge head-on, west Germans are largely ducking the issue. From Wordnik.com. [Germany: See No Evil, Say No Evil] Reference
They snapped pictures of the men sightseeing and ducking into cybercafes to check Arabic Web sites. From Wordnik.com. [The Hijackers We Let Escape] Reference
MILE-HIGH MATES: Two men, constantly ducking into the bathroom together -- they must be terrorists!. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
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