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dodging   (TTS Sound)

The noun dodging has 3 senses

• evasion, escape, dodging -- (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")


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


• avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging -- (deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening)

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")