dodging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dodging	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dodging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dodging n 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" Synonym(s): evasion, escape, dodging a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery Synonym(s): dodge, dodging, scheme deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening Synonym(s): avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging
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.