dodging

1. 1.

   nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

   “his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible”

   “that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive”

   Synonymsevasionescape

   Broadernegligence

   Narrowerescape mechanismmalingeringshirkingcircumvention
2. 2.

   a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

   Synonymsdodgescheme

   Broaderfalsehood
3. 3.

   deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

   Synonymsavoidanceturning awayshunning

   Broaderrejection

   Narroweraversionescapenear thing

Other forms of dodging

plural

dodgings·

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.

Questions about dodging

What does dodging mean?

dodging means "nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dodging?

dodging has 2 syllables: dod-ging. The stress falls on "dod". In IPA it is /ˈdɑdʒɪŋ/.

What is another word for dodging?

Close synonyms include evasion, escape, dodge, scheme, avoidance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dodging a common word?

dodging is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.