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- DictionaryDodge/däj/
verb
- 1. avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement: "we ducked inside our doorway to dodge shrapnel that was raining down"
- 2. expose (one area of a print) less than the rest during processing or enlarging: "he dodged and burned the photograph to get the exact exposure levels he was after"
noun
- 1. a sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.
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a. : to evade by a sudden or repeated shift of position. dodge tacklers. b. : to avoid an encounter with. celebrities dodging the media. 2. : to evade (something, such as a duty) usually indirectly or by trickery. dodged the draft by leaving the country.
to avoid being hit by something by moving quickly to one side: fig. We have dodged a bullet a lot of times in the last three or four years. To dodge something unpleasant is to avoid it: [ T ] Few men still talk about how they dodged the draft. dodge. noun [ C ]
Dodge definition: to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy. See examples of DODGE used in a sentence.
To dodge something is to avoid it. In dodge ball, players dodge the balls being thrown at them. Dodging is making quick, sudden movements, usually to avoid something. You have to move quickly to dodge a flower pot that's falling from a ledge. In football, running backs are good at dodging defensive players.
1. To move aside or in a given direction by shifting or twisting suddenly: The child dodged through the crowd. 2. To evade something by cunning, trickery, or deceit. n. 1. The act of dodging: made a dodge to the left. 2. A cunning or deceitful act intended to evade something or trick someone: a tax dodge. See Synonyms at wile. [ Origin unknown .]
to avoid talking about something or doing something you should do: The minister dodged questions about his relationship with the actress. dodge. noun [ C ] uk / dɒdʒ / us. a way of avoiding something, usually a dishonest one: a tax dodge. (Definition of dodge from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
[transitive, intransitive] to move quickly and suddenly to one side in order to avoid somebody/something. dodge something He ran across the road, dodging the traffic. (+ adv./prep.) The girl dodged behind a tree to hide from the other children. Extra Examples. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
