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Meaning of 'dodge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dodge [ n.]
- 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.
2 . Dodge [ v. i.]
- To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
- To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
3 . Dodge [ v. t.]
- To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
- Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.
- To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.

Meaning of 'dodge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dodge [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
Example in sentence:
  • his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
2 . dodge [ v]
Meaning (2):
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Example in sentence:
  • He dodged the issue;
  • he evaded the questions skillfully;
  • she skirted the problem;
  • They tend to evade their responsibilities
Meaning (3):
- make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
Example in sentence:
  • The child dodged the teacher's blow
Meaning (4):
- move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
Example in sentence:
  • the pickpocket dodged through the crowd

Nearby Words:

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