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dodge   (TTS Sound)

The noun dodge has 3 senses

• contrivance, stratagem, dodge -- (an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track")


• dodge -- (a quick evasive movement)


• dodge, dodging, scheme -- (a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery)

The verb dodge has 3 senses

• dodge -- (make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow")


• dodge -- (move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd")


• hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (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")