ducked

/dสŒkt/

IPA: /D AH1 K T/

verb
  1. 1

    To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

  2. 2

    To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    To bow.

  6. 6

    To evade doing something.

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

    To enter a place for a short moment.

    โ€œI'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/duck, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ducked