DODGE
\dˈɒd͡ʒ], \dˈɒdʒ], \d_ˈɒ_dʒ]\
Definitions of DODGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
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a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
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make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow"
By Princeton University
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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"
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an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
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a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
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make a sudden movement in a new direction (as to evade a blow)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
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To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
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To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
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Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.
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To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
By Oddity Software
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To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
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To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
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To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
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Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.
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To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
By Noah Webster.
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To start aside and shift about; evade; avoid.
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To escape from by starting aside.
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The act of dodging; a trick.
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Dodger.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Dodger.
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To start aside or shift about: to evade or use mean tricks: to shuffle or quibble.
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To evade by a sudden shift of place.
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An evasion: a trick: a quibble.
By Daniel Lyons
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Dodger.
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To avoid by a sudden turn.
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To move quickly to one side; shift; evade; skulk.
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An evasion; trick.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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