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verb (used with object)

to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.

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).

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verb (used without object)

to move aside or change position suddenly, as to avoid a blow or get behind something.

to use evasive methods; prevaricate: When asked a direct question, he dodges.

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noun

a quick, evasive movement, as a sudden jump away to avoid a blow or the like.

an ingenious expedient or contrivance; shifty trick.

Slang. a business, profession, or occupation.

Origin:
1560–70; of obscure origin

Related forms

out·dodge, verb (used with object), out·dodged, out·dodg·ing.

un·dodged, adjective

Synonyms
1. avoid. 4. equivocate, quibble.

Example Sentences

Dodge has noticed several incidents that have affected multiple universities.

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.

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Dodge has noticed several incidents that have affected multiple universities.

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.

When an amphibian shot out its lightning-fast tongue to eat a larva, the larva quickly bobbed its head to dodge the attack.

Roterberg's question is an artful dodge in this controversy.

Another way to dodge traffic is to predict where and when it will form.

The mimic octopus is an intelligent shape changer that can impersonate a host of other animals to dodge hungry predators.

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.

All of that can work--it's people's games that you've got to dodge.

Besides the potholes, motorists must dodge the wrecks of cars that have crashed.

And it's a future in which some drugs and vaccines may actually pull a few punches: dodge and feint as their targets do.

Watch a pigeon dodge traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian.

As a result, people have shifted to social media for information on violence and how to dodge it.

Mark tends to dodge the complex question of the relation of journalists or academics to popular opinion.

Felicity not only has perfect foresight, she has also been canny enough to dodge taxes.

Along the way, they had to dodge organized networks of slave hunters who kidnapped slaves for ransom money.

Please remove the creationist dodge by providing an observable example of evolution.

First dodge ball took a hit, banned from playgrounds by overly cautious school administrators.

So speeding drivers jam on the brakes to dodge them before accelerating off.

Aphids dodge parasitic wasps by hiding amid the hollowed-out corpses of prior victims.

Some bugs are resistant to antibiotics, so they dodge the medical bullets that wipe out others.

To dodge the revenuemen, a multinational company might report artificially high profits in a low-tax jurisdiction abroad.

Your flat-bottom canoe will dodge caiman and be portaged past dry patches in the trucks of local ranchers.

But hold that racism card close at hand because you'll flash it as your usual crutch and dodge from accountability.

The popularity of the trust model owes essentially to a tax dodge.

There's only a four-month window for a boat to dodge the hull-crushing pack ice, and few sailors are up to the task.

But this week's dodge will have an unfortunate effect on research.

Many trifolau brazenly fib to dodge her research questions, the botanist says.

Dodge is working with an energy scarcely excelled by those who favor votes for women.

If one child does not enjoy playing tag or dodge ball, then no one can play.

Not to mention the obious dodge and burn work for your sunlight and undervthe eves.

It's the kind of theatrical dodge you expect from this demographic.

But under- or overinvoicing of trade within international firms is also used to dodge capital controls.

For the bits of trash only a few inches across, which are hard to dodge but still damaging, a powerful orbiting laser might work.

Swipe your fingers on the touchscreen to attack, parry or dodge.

Take your chances on the circuitous one-way streets to dodge them.

Pliable though this sort of history must seem to purists, companies still cannot dodge difficult episodes in their pasts.

They played dodge ball, capture-the-flag, and other traditional outdoor camp fare.

Walter and his comrades had to dodge grenades that the enemy rolled down the slope into their midst.

Its mineral crystal is recessed to dodge blows, and the screw-down crown is offset to four o'clock so it won't dent your wrist.

But it has allowed a series of weak governments to dodge some important decisions.

One way to protect a satellite would be to equip it with sensors and rockets to enable it to dodge an incoming missile.

Whole companies, however, cannot dodge the digital flow.

Fear of a scratch from playing dodge ball and fear of carcinogens.

In part, the tax system is burdensome because people dodge it.

In the dry season, when the river is low, boats must dodge endless jagged reefs and shifting sandbars.

Slums where people used to sleep in bath-tubs to dodge the bullets are now clean and.

It is impossible to anticipate every dodge beforehand.

The wealthy have many ways to dodge taxes if they want.

High-income earners have many ways they can dodge taxes.

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noun

Mary Elizabeth, 1831–1905, U.S. editor and author of children's books.

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World English Dictionary

dodge (dɒdʒ)

—vb
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.	(intr) bell-ringing to make a bell change places with its neighbour when sounding in successive changes
4.	(tr) photog to lighten or darken (selected areas on a print) by manipulating the light from an enlarger

—n
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

[C16: of unknown origin]

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Word Origin & History

dodge

1560s, origin and sense evolution obscure, perhaps akin to Scottish dodd "to jog." Meaning "person's way of making a living" is from 1842. Common from early 18c. in figurative sense of "to swindle, to play shifting tricks." Related: Dodged; dodging.

Slang Dictionary

dodge definition

[dɑdʒ]

n.
a swindle; a scam; a deception. : What sort of dodge did you get flimflammed with?

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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