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dodge (dɒdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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M dodge
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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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.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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