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- Dodge - v. i. - To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
- Dodge - v. i. - To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
- Dodge - 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.
- Dodge - v. t. - Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.
- Dodge - v. t. - To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- 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.
- Dodged - imp. & p. p. - of Dodge
- Dodger - n. - One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices.
- Dodger - n. - A small handbill.
- Dodger - n. - See Corndodger.
- Dodgery - n. - trickery; artifice.
- Dodge - v. t. - Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.
- Dodge - 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.