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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dodge       [doj] Pronunciation Key verb, dodged, dodg·ing, noun
–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 burn1 (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.]

1. avoid. 4. equivocate, quibble.
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Dodge       [doj] Pronunciation Key
–noun
Mary Elizabeth, 1831–1905, U.S. editor and author of children's books.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dodge       (dŏj)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
dodge

noun
1. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" [syn: contrivance
2. a quick evasive movement 
3. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery 

verb
1. make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow" 
2. move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd" 
3. 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" 

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Dodge Center, MN (city, FIPS 15994) Location: 44.02860 N, 92.84904 W
Population (1990): 1954 (763 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55927

Dodge City, KS (city, FIPS 18250) Location: 37.75865 N, 100.01540 W
Population (1990): 21129 (8258 housing units)
Area: 31.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67801

Dodge Park, MD (CDP, FIPS 23075) Location: 38.93115 N, 76.88144 W
Population (1990): 4842 (1801 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Dodge County, WI (county, FIPS 27) Location: 43.41577 N, 88.70803 W
Population (1990): 76559 (28720 housing units)
Area: 2285.4 sq km (land), 63.9 sq km (water)

Dodge County, NE (county, FIPS 53) Location: 41.57622 N, 96.64520 W
Population (1990): 34500 (14601 housing units)
Area: 1384.3 sq km (land), 24.6 sq km (water)

Dodge County, MN (county, FIPS 39) Location: 44.02686 N, 92.86206 W
Population (1990): 15731 (5771 housing units)
Area: 1138.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

Dodge County, GA (county, FIPS 91) Location: 32.17328 N, 83.16624 W
Population (1990): 17607 (7094 housing units)
Area: 1296.7 sq km (land), 6.6 sq km (water)

Dodge, ND (city, FIPS 19820) Location: 47.30531 N, 102.20195 W
Population (1990): 135 (74 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58625

Dodge, NE (village, FIPS 13295) Location: 41.72163 N, 96.87937 W
Population (1990): 693 (285 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68633

Dodge, WI Zip code(s): 54625

Fort Dodge, IA (city, FIPS 28515) Location: 42.50794 N, 94.17676 W
Population (1990): 25894 (11212 housing units)
Area: 37.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50501

Fort Dodge, KS Zip code(s): 67843

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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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.

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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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