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say it: dahj
dodge is a noun and verb meaning "an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade". It carries 6 recorded senses.
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
“his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track”
a quick evasive movement
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
“The child dodged the teacher's blow”
move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
“the pickpocket dodged through the crowd”
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for dodge come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.