Definitions of dodge [ɒdʒ]

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Definition of 'dodge'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) dodge
to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy; avoid.

2.  dodge
(in printing a photograph) 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).

3. (v.i.) dodge
to move aside or change position suddenly, as to avoid a blow or get behind something.

4.  dodge
to use evasive methods; prevaricate.

5. (n.) dodge
a quick, evasive movement, as a sudden jump away to avoid a blow or the like.

6.  dodge
a clever scheme; shifty trick.

Definition of 'dodge'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) contrivance, stratagem, dodge
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
"his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

2. (noun) dodge
a quick evasive movement

3. (verb) dodge, dodging, scheme
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

4. (verb) dodge
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
"The child dodged the teacher's blow"

5. (verb) dodge
move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
"the pickpocket dodged through the crowd"

6. (verb) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
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"

Definition of 'dodge'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) dodge
to move quickly to avoid
I managed to dodge out of the way.; She dodged the holes as she rode.

Definition of 'dodge'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) dodge
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

2. (verb) dodge
to start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start

3. (verb) dodge
to evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble

4. (verb) dodge
to evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown

5. (verb) dodge
fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility

6. (verb) dodge
to follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place

Translation of 'dodge'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to avoid (something) by a sudden and/or clever movement She dodged the blow; He dodged round the corner out of sight; Politicians are very good at dodging difficult questions.
Afrikaans: wegskram van	Arabic: يَتَفادى، يَتَجَنَّب	Bulgarian: избягвам
Brazilian: esquivar-se	Czech: uskočit; vyhnout se	German: ausweichen
Danish: undvige; undgå	Greek: αποφεύγω, ξεγλιστρώ	Spanish: esquivar
Estonian: (kõrvale) põikama	Farsi: جا خالی دادن؛ طفره رفتن	Finnish: väistää
French: esquiver	Hebrew: לַחֲמוֹק, לְהִתחָמֵק	Hindi: कतराना, हज जना, पैतरेबाजी
Croatian: izbjegavati, izbjeći	Hungarian: kikerül, kitér vmi elől	Indonesian: mengelakkan
Icelandic: víkja eða skjótast undan;	Italian: schivare; ripararsi	Japanese: 身をかわす
Korean: 피하다	Lithuanian: išsisukti, vengti, šmurkš	Latvian: mesties ap stūri
Malay: mengelak	Dutch: ontwijken	Norwegian: vike/springe raskt unna,
Polish: uchylić się od, uniknąć,	Persian: جا خالی دادن؛ طفره رفتن	Pashto: يوې خواته كېدل، يو خوا بل
Portuguese: esquivar-se	Romanian: a evita, a ocoli	Russian: уклоняться; прятаться; ув
Slovak: uskočiť; vyhnúť sa	Slovenian: izogniti se	Serbian: izmicati
Swedish: vika undan, hoppaåt sidan	Thai: เลี่ยง	Turkish: atlatmak, yançizmek, çalı
Taiwanese: 閃避	Ukrainian: ухилятися; ховатися	Urdu: بچنے کے لۓ پھرتی سے رخ بد
Vietnamese: né tránh	Chinese: 躲开，回避
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