dodge

[doj] /dɒdʒ/
verb (used with object), dodged, dodging.
1.
to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy:
to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
2.
Also, hold back. Photography. (in printing) to shade (an area of a print) from exposure for a period, while exposing the remainder of the print in order to lighten or eliminate the area (sometimes followed by out).
Compare burn1 (def 45).
verb (used without object), dodged, dodging.
3.
to move aside or change position suddenly, as to avoid a blow or get behind something.
4.
to use evasive methods; prevaricate:
When asked a direct question, he dodges.
noun
5.
a quick, evasive movement, as a sudden jump away to avoid a blow or the like.
6.
an ingenious expedient or contrivance; shifty trick.
7.
Slang. a business, profession, or occupation.
Origin
1560-70; of obscure origin
Related forms
outdodge, verb (used with object), outdodged, outdodging.
undodged, adjective
Synonyms
1. avoid. 4. equivocate, quibble.

Dodge

[doj] /dɒdʒ/
noun
1.
Mary Elizabeth, 1831–1905, U.S. editor and author of children's books.
Examples from the web for dodge
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  • The rest of the world won't be able to dodge that bullet.
  • He notes that echolocation, their sophisticated sonar system, allows bats to dodge wires as fine as human hairs-in the dark.
  • The debris was spotted too late for the space station to dodge it.
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  • The new dodge is that it was a long time ago and we're not sure what he was doing.
  • Even if you dodge those issues, the situation is hardly simple.
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British Dictionary definitions for dodge

dodge

/dɒdʒ/
verb
1.
to avoid or attempt to avoid (a blow, discovery, etc), as by moving suddenly
2.
to evade (questions, etc) by cleverness or trickery
3.
(intransitive) (bell-ringing) to make a bell change places with its neighbour when sounding in successive changes
4.
(transitive) (photog) to lighten or darken (selected areas on a print) by manipulating the light from an enlarger
noun
5.
a plan or expedient contrived to deceive
6.
a sudden evasive or hiding movement
7.
a clever contrivance
8.
(bell-ringing) the act of dodging
Word Origin
C16: of unknown origin
Word Origin and History for dodge
v.

"to move to and fro" (especially in an effort to avoid something), 1560s, origin and sense evolution obscure, perhaps akin to Scottish dodd "to jog." Common from early 18c. in figurative sense of "to swindle, to play shifting tricks." Related: Dodged; dodging.

n.

"person's way of making a living," 1842, slang, from dodge (v.).

Slang definitions & phrases for dodge

dodge

noun

A person's way of making a living, esp if illegal or dubious •Often ironically and deprecatingly used of one's own perfectly ordinary line of work: We used to run gin, but when prohibition ended we had to give up that dodge/ One of the better practitioners of the dictionary dodge (1842+)