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dodge

1

[ doj ]

verb (used with object)

, dodged, dodg·ing.
  1. to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy:

    to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.

    Synonyms: avoid

  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 followed by out ). Compare burn 1( def 47 ).


verb (used without object)

, dodged, dodg·ing.
  1. to move aside or change position suddenly, as to avoid a blow or get behind something.
  2. to use evasive methods; prevaricate:

    When asked a direct question, he dodges.

    Synonyms: quibble, equivocate

noun

  1. a quick, evasive movement, as a sudden jump away to avoid a blow or the like.
  2. an ingenious expedient or contrivance; shifty trick.
  3. Slang. a business, profession, or occupation.

Dodge

2

[ doj ]

noun

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

dodge

/ dɒdʒ /

verb

  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 Leisure: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


noun

  1. a plan or expedient contrived to deceive
  2. a sudden evasive or hiding movement
  3. a clever contrivance
  4. Leisure:Bell-ringing the act of dodging

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Other Words From

  • out·dodge verb (used with object) outdodged outdodging
  • un·dodged adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dodge1

First recorded in 1560–70; of obscure origin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dodge1

C16: of unknown origin

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Example Sentences

He pilots a 2019 Dodge Ram “super-stretch turbo diesel” limo — “the longest limo in Dallas,” he claims.

A loophole allowing the removal of masks while consuming food and beverages is a favorite dodge.

He’d been a salesman for a Dodge and Chrysler dealership until diabetes and heart problems caught up with him last year.

In one recent case, a suburban Atlanta sheriff spent $70,000 in forfeiture funds on a muscle car, a Dodge Charger Hellcat, that he uses solely to drive to and from work.

My wife and I bought our 2006 Dodge T1N Sprinter with 64,000 miles on it in 2017 and named it Jean-Claude.

Either Uber will continue to dodge its detractors, or customers will eventually find its public reputation unpalatable.

Pressing the dodge button at the right time causes her to temporarily burst into an invincible flock of crows.

Not long after Dodge made this connection Around the World in 80 Days began playing at a nearby cinema in Paris.

Dodge was on his way to study the flute in Paris, but he decided to buy the bike, anyway.

“Then someone gave me a book that had just come out called A Hundred Years of Bicycle Posters,” Dodge says.

In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.

Naturally he did not take such pains to dodge Grandfather Mole—after the talk they had had.

Tom held to his strange belief to 'Let it all come,' he would not try to prevent; he would neither shirk nor dodge.

Piegan snorted when I told him we were on the dodge—that they were trying to nail us for holding up the paymaster.

The sight of a traffic cop made him dodge around a corner that threw him off his course.

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