duckshove

English

Etymology

duck +‎ shove

Verb

duckshove (third-person singular simple present duckshoves, present participle duckshoving, simple past and past participle duckshoved)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) To dodge responsibility; to pass something on to another so that they take the blame.
    • 1987, Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Legislative Assembly, page 358:
      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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