Puck vs. Duck

A mischievous sprite in English folklore.

Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.

A hard rubber disk used in ice hockey.

A female duck.

A mischievous or hostile spirit.

The flesh of a duck used as food.

(ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.

(Slang) A person, especially one thought of as peculiar.

An object shaped like a puck.

Often ducks (used with a sing. verb) Chiefly British A dear.

(computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.

A quick lowering of the head or body.

A penalty shot.

A plunge under water.

Billy goat

A durable, closely woven heavy cotton or linen fabric.

A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.

Ducks Clothing made of duck, especially white pants.

To hit, strike.

An amphibious military truck used during World War II.

A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" - called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.

A similar vehicle used for civilian purposes, as to evacuate flood victims or for sightseeing tours. In both senses also called DUKW.

The goatsucker.

To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something

A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals.

To evade; dodge

A mischievous sprite of English folklore

To push (a person, for example) suddenly under water.

A vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey

In bridge, to deliberately play a card that is lower than (an opponent's card).

To lower the head or body.

To move swiftly, especially so as to escape being seen

To submerge the head or body briefly in water.

To evade a responsibility or obligation. Often used with out

In bridge, to lose a trick by deliberately playing lower than one's opponent.

(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

(transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

(intransitive) To bow.

(transitive) To evade doing something.

(transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

(intransitive) To enter a place for a short moment.

(caving) A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.

(cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)

(slang) A playing card with the rank of two.

A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.

A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.

(US) A cairn used to mark a trail.

One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.

Synonym of lame duck

(medicine) A long-necked medical urinal for men.

A faggot; a meatball made from offal.

A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.

(in plural) Trousers made of such material.

A term of endearment; pet; darling.

(Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

A pet; a darling.

A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, - used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Any bird of the subfamily Anatinæ, family Anatidæ.

A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

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

Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

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

To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;

Submerge or plunge suddenly

Dip into a liquid;

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