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Avoid getting hit in the ring
Answer for the clue "Avoid getting hit in the ring ", 4 letters:
duck
Alternative clues for the word duck
Word definitions for duck in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
waterfowl, Old English duce (found only in genitive ducan ) "a duck," literally "a ducker," presumed to be from Old English *ducan "to duck, dive" (see duck (v.)). Replaced Old English ened as the name for the bird, this being from PIE *aneti- , the root ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a duck pond dead duck ▪ He admitted that the whole project was a dead duck. ducking stool ducks and drakes lame duck sitting duck ▪ Out in the open, the soldiers were sitting ducks for enemy fire. COLLOCATIONS FROM ...
Usage examples of duck.
He flourished his wrist for just a moment, and Rani ducked her chin, acknowledging the gesture.
The werewolf to the left of Adeem ducked and the star flew by him, hitting Adeem in the shoulder.
The heat was very much stronger than he had expected, and he had to duck his Plexiglas mask away when the near end of the admin building bulged out and then collapsed in a wall of flame.
One time he ducked the attack, skidding to his knees but coming right back up agilely to run on.
Spotting Alec before he could duck back out of sight, they ambled over in his direction.
Crossing the bridge, Alec and Seregil dismounted and ducked into a thicket to change clothes.
He dodged aloose goat, a handcart crusted with dried mortar, and ducked the invitation of a blowzy woman festooned in scarlet ribbons.
Oyster dressing and andouille sausage and a few other goodies are stuffed into a chicken that is then stuffed into a duck that is then stuffed into a turkey.
Charles had been a coachman or a groom, Asey bet, as he ducked behind a clump of bushes and watched the bow - legged little man inarch over to the roadster and play the beam of his flashlight around it, and then over the contents of the seat.
One of the austringers prepared his lure, a piece of meat attached to some duck feathers.
She could not sit like a duck on a pond all night, so Ava carefully began to persuade Lady Purnam to have her new barouche plucked from the stream of carriages outside to drive Ava home.
The coachman held his hand out to Ava, which she took and quickly ducked inside, landing on a thickly padded velvet squab, the same deep red color of the silk covered walls.
All that mattered was that after a moment that seemed to last a year, the dragon sighed, heaved himself out of the wallow with a groan, ducking his head to avoid the canvas awning, and stepped up onto the stone verge.
I looked at Baggy for consolation, but he was ducking behind the lady in front of him.
Ducking inside, she found the rider, Berelain, sipping tea with Amys and Bair and Sorilea, all stretched out on bright, tasseled cushions.