DODGE

dodge

(noun) a quick evasive movement

contrivance, stratagem, dodge

(noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; “his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track”

dodge, dodging, scheme

(noun) a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep

(verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); “He dodged the issue”; “she skirted the problem”; “They tend to evade their responsibilities”; “he evaded the questions skillfully”

dodge

(verb) make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; “The child dodged the teacher’s blow”

dodge

(verb) move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; “the pickpocket dodged through the crowd”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

dodge (third-person singular simple present dodges, present participle dodging, simple past and past participle dodged)

(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

(transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.

(archaic) To go hither and thither.

(photography, videography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).

(transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.

(ambitransitive, dated) To trick somebody.

Synonyms

• (to avoid): duck, evade, fudge, skirt, shun

Noun

dodge (plural dodges)

An act of dodging.

A trick, evasion or wile.

(slang) A line of work.

Adjective

dodge (comparative more dodge, superlative most dodge)

(Australian) dodgy

Etymology

Proper noun

Dodge (countable and uncountable, plural Dodges)

(countable, mostly, US) A surname.

A placename

A village in Nebraska.

A city and village in North Dakota.

A census-designated place in Oklahoma.

A town in Wisconsin.

A brand of motor vehicle.

Source: Wiktionary

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Dodge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dodged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dodging.] Etym: [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.]

1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. Milton.

2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble. Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity. Milton.

Dodge, v. t.

1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.

2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility. [Colloq.] S. G. Goodrich.

3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. Coleridge.

Dodge, n.

Definition: The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice. [Colloq.] Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries. Thackeray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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