verb (used with object), duck·ed, duck·ing.
to escape from by trickery or cleverness:
to duck one's pursuers.
to get around by trickery:
to duck the rules.
to avoid doing or fulfilling:
to duck an obligation.
to avoid answering directly:
to duck a question.
derived from the practice of lowering ones stature (that is, to duck) in order to evade a punch or strike
I've been trying to catch him after school but he keeps ducking me