to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
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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)
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to move aside or change position suddenly, as to avoid a blow or get behind something.
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to use evasive methods; prevaricate: When asked a direct question, he dodges.
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Dodgedis always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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.
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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