Word Meaning

dodge definition and meaning

v. i. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
v. i. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
v. t. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
v. t. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.
v. t. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
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.

Crossword clues for dodge

- Attempt to avoid tax-evasion scheme
- Avoid
- Bypass
- City to avoid?
- cunning move
- Cunningly avoid doing or paying
- Duck
- Duck out deftly, getting elusive to start with
- Elude
- Escape artfully
- Evade
- Get away from
- Get out of US frontier city
- Move quickly to avoid something
- Move swiftly to avoid being hit in Gunsmoke City
- Pieces of dog found inside of French duck
- Pursuit
- Scam
- Sidestep
- Skate around
- Swerve