dodge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dodge	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for dodge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dodge n an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" Synonym(s): contrivance, stratagem, dodge a quick evasive movement a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery Synonym(s): dodge, dodging, scheme v 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" Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dodge \Dodge\, n. 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. [Colloq.] Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries. -- Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dodge \Dodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dodged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dodging}.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.] 1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. --Milton. 2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble. Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dodge \Dodge\, v. t. 1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown. 2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility. [Colloq.] --S. G. Goodrich. 3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. --Coleridge.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dodge, ND (city, FIPS 19820) Location: 47.30531 N, 102.20195 W Population (1990): 135 (74 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58625 Dodge, NE (village, FIPS 13295) Location: 41.72163 N, 96.87937 W Population (1990): 693 (285 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68633 Dodge, WI Zip code(s): 54625