douse, sidestep, dodge, dip, elude, hedge, evade, circumvent, parry, put off, more...

rise, confront, ascend, surface, expose

mallard, wood duck, teal, wigeon, gadwall, pintail, canvasback, redhead, more...

wild, lame, little, black, dead, white, old, common, roasted, domestic, young

bob and weave,   keep your head down,   eider relative,   one who waddles,   eider's kin,   acquatic bird,   dodge bullets,   keep head down,   hide head,   hide quickly