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duckshove

verb

Etymology

From duck + shove.

  1. derived from *skewbʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *skeubaną✻
  3. inherited from *skeuban✻
  4. inherited from sċūfan
  5. inherited from schouven
  6. compounded as duckshove — “duck + shove”

Definitions

  1. To dodge responsibility

    To dodge responsibility; to pass something on to another so that they take the blame.

    • Some of the best duckshoving and waltzing around the issue ever witnessed in this Chamber over the past few years has emanated from the Minister for the Arts.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA