DODGING

avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging

(noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

evasion, escape, dodging

(noun) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; ā€œhis evasion of his clear duty was reprehensibleā€; ā€œthat escape from the consequences is possible but unattractiveā€

dodge, dodging, scheme

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

dodging

present participle of dodge

Noun

dodging (plural dodgings)

The act of dodging; a dodge.

Anagrams

• godding

Source: Wiktionary


DODGE

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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