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dodge

  [doj] verb, dodged, dodg⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
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 fol. by out). Compare burn 1 (def. 43).
–verb (used without object)
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 orig.

Synonyms:
1. avoid. 4. equivocate, quibble.
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Dodge

  [doj]
–noun
Mary Elizabeth, 1831–1905, U.S. editor and author of children's books.
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dodge   (dŏj)   
v.   dodged, dodg·ing, dodg·es

v.   tr.
  1. To avoid (a blow, for example) by moving or shifting quickly aside.
  2. To evade (an obligation, for example) by cunning, trickery, or deceit: kept dodging the reporter's questions.
  3. To blunt or reduce the intensity of (a section of a photograph) by shading during the printing process.
v.   intr.
  1. To move aside or in a given direction by shifting or twisting suddenly: The child dodged through the crowd.
  2. To practice trickery or cunning; prevaricate.
n.  
  1. The act of dodging.
  2. An ingenious expedient intended to evade or trick. See Synonyms at wile.

[Origin unknown.]
Dodge   (dŏj)   
American editor and writer best known for her children's classic Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates (1865).
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Dodge

Dodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dodged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dodging.] [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

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

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. [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.
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Language Translation for : dodge
Spanish: esquivar,
German: ausweichen,
Japanese: 身をかわす
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dodge 
1568, origin and sense evolution obscure, perhaps akin to Scottish dodd "to jog." Meaning "person's way of making a living" is from 1842. Baseball's Dodgers so called from 1900, from trolley dodgers, Manhattanites' nickname for Brooklyn residents, in reference to the streetcar lines that criss-crossed the borough.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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