Princeton's WordNet

1. contrivance, stratagem, dodge(noun)

   an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

   "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

2. dodge(noun)

   a quick evasive movement

3. dodge, dodging, scheme(verb)

   a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

4. dodge(verb)

   make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid

   "The child dodged the teacher's blow"

5. dodge(verb)

   move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course

   "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd"

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

   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"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. dodge(verb)ɒdʒ

   to move quickly to avoid

   I managed to dodge out of the way.; She dodged the holes as she rode.

Wiktionary

1. dodge(Noun)

   An act of dodging

2. dodge(Noun)

   A trick, evasion or wile

3. dodge(Verb)

   To avoid by moving out of the way (often suddenly)

   He dodged traffic crossing the street.

4. dodge(Verb)

   To avoid; to sidestep

   The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.

5. dodge(Verb)

   To go hither and thither

6. dodge(Verb)

   To decrease the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them darker (compare burn).

7. Dodge(ProperNoun)

   derived from a diminutive of Roger. (Typically found in the United States.)

8. Dodge(ProperNoun)

   A brand of motor vehicle.

Origin: Uncertain, but possibly from Old English dydrian, by way of dialectal dodd or dodder

Webster Dictionary

1. Dodge(verb)

   to start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start

2. Dodge(verb)

   to evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble

3. Dodge(verb)

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

4. Dodge(verb)

   fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility

5. Dodge(verb)

   to follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place

6. Dodge(noun)

   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

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