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ducker

1 8.4

A person or animal who quickly moves out of the way to avoid something

noun
/ˈdʌkər/

: esquivador

The skilled ducker managed to avoid every punch in the boxing match.

Examples

The rabbit was a natural ducker, slipping under fences to avoid predators.
As a ducker, she always found a way to escape awkward conversations.
He is a real ducker when it comes to responsibilities.
Don't be such a ducker during the game!
He is known as a skilled ducker in the world of boxing, always avoiding his opponent's punches.
As a quick ducker, she easily evaded the ball during the dodgeball game.
The cat became a notorious ducker, escaping from every attempt to catch it.

Synonyms

scrambler

vsducker

Jargon

1 6.3

A player who moves quickly and unpredictably to avoid defenders

reacts by moving aside quickly in a direct way to avoid an incoming object

croucher

vsducker

1 7.4

A person or animal that stays low to the ground to move quietly and hide

avoids threats by quickly moving out of the way rather than staying low

Surface Forms

ducker singular

duckers plural

Morphology

ducker = duck (transparent) = duck + er

Standard agentive formation: 'duck' (verb) + '-er' denotes someone who performs the action.

Etymology

Ducker comes from the verb duck 'to bend down or move quickly to avoid something', so a ducker is a person or thing that dodges or gets out of the way.