Dodge

Dodge  (dj), Mary Elizabeth Mapes 1831-1905.

American editor and writer best known for her children's classic Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates (1865).

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dodge  (dj)

v. dodged, dodg·ing, dodg·es

v.tr.

1. To avoid (a blow, for example) by moving or shifting quickly aside.

2. To evade (an obligation, for example) by cunning, trickery, or deceit: kept dodging the reporter's questions.

3. To blunt or reduce the intensity of (a section of a photograph) by shading during the printing process.

v.intr.

1. To move aside or in a given direction by shifting or twisting suddenly: The child dodged through the crowd.

2. To practice trickery or cunning; prevaricate.

n.

1. The act of dodging.

2. An ingenious expedient intended to evade or trick. See Synonyms at wile.

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[Origin unknown.]

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dodge

Verb

[dodging, dodged]

1. to avoid being hit, caught, or seen by moving suddenly

2. to evade by cleverness or trickery: the Government will not be able to dodge the issue

Noun

a cunning and deceitful trick [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dodge - an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" stratagem, contrivance scheme, strategy - an elaborate and systematic plan of action plant - something planted secretly for discovery by another; "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant" pump-and-dump scheme - an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises wangle, wangling - an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
	2.	dodge - a quick evasive movement evasion - the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
	3.	dodge - a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery dodging, scheme falsehood, untruth, falsity - a false statement
Verb	1.	dodge - make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	2.	dodge - move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	3.	dodge - 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" evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, parry, fudge, circumvent, elude, duck, put off beg - dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" quibble - evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"

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dodge

verb 1. duck, dart, swerve, sidestep, shoot, shift, turn aside, body-swerve Scot.

verb 2. evade, avoid, escape, get away from, elude, body-swerve Scot. slip through the net of

verb 3. avoid, hedge, parry, get out of, evade, shirk

noun 4. trick, scheme, ploy, trap, device, fraud, con (slang) manoeuvre, deception, scam (slang) gimmick, hoax, wheeze Brit. (slang) deceit, ruse, artifice, subterfuge, canard, feint, stratagem, contrivance, machination, fastie Austral. (slang)

Translations

dodge [dɔdʒ] n [of body] → regate m;

(fig) → truco

vt (gen) → evadir [+ blow]; esquivar

vi → escabullirse;

(SPORT) → hacer una finta;

to dodge out of the way → echarse a un lado;

to dodge through the traffic → esquivar el tráfico

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dodge [dɔdʒ] n → truc m; combine f

vt → esquiver, éviter

vi → faire un saut de côté;

(Sport) → faire une esquive;

to dodge out of the way → s'esquiver;

to dodge through the traffic → se faufiler or faire de savantes manœuvres entre les voitures

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dodge [dɔdʒ] n → Trick m

vt → ausweichen +dat;

(tax) → umgehen

vi → ausweichen;

to dodge out of the way → zur Seite springen;

to dodge through the traffic → sich durch den Verkehr schlängeln

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dodge [dɔdʒ] n → trucco; schivata

vt → schivare, eludere

vi → scansarsi;

(SPORT) → fare una schivata;

to dodge out of the way → scansarsi;

to dodge through the traffic → destreggiarsi nel traffico

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dodge

v dodge [dodʒ]

to avoid (something) by a sudden and/or clever movement She dodged the blow; He dodged round the corner out of sight; Politicians are very good at dodging difficult questions. wegskram van يَتَفادى، يَتَجَنَّب избягвам uskočit; vyhnout se undvige; undgå ausweichen αποφεύγω, ξεγλιστρώ esquivar (kõrvale) põikama جا خالی دادن؛ طفره رفتن väistää esquiver לַחֲמוֹק, לְהִתחָמֵק कतराना, हज जना, पैतरेबाजी करना izbjegavati, izbjeći kikerül, kitér vmi elől mengelakkan víkja eða skjótast undan; sneiða hjá schivare; ripararsi 身をかわす 몸을 피하다, 발뺌하다 išsisukti, vengti, šmurkštelėti mesties ap stūri mengelak ontwijken vike/springe raskt unna, smette, unnvike uchylić się od, uniknąć, wymknąć się esquivar-se a evita, a ocoli уклоняться; прятаться; увиливать uskočiť; vyhnúť sa izogniti se izmicati vika undan, hoppa åt sidan, smita, undvika เลี่ยง atlatmak, yan çizmek, çalım atmak 躲開；回避 ухилятися; ховатися بچنے کے لۓ پھرتی سے رخ بدلنا né tránh 躲开；回避

n

1 an act of dodging. ontwykende beweging تَفادٍ، تَجَنُّب избягване uskočení; vyhnutí knibe uden om; undgå das Ausweichen ελιγμός regate kõrvalepõige جاخالی؛ طفره väistöliike de côté mouvement הִתחַמקוּת पैंतरेबाजी izbjegavanje, izvrdavanje kitérés pengelakan undanbrögð; kænskubragð schivata 身をかわすこと 몸을 피함 išsisukimas, vengimas izlocīšanās; izvairīšanās menepis ontwijkende beweging unnvikende skritt/handling unik evasão ocolire, evitare уклонение úskok, vyhnutie izogibanje izmicanje språng åt sidan, väjning การหลบหลีก atlatma, yan çizme, çalım atma 躲閃 викрут, виверт بدلتا پینترا sự lẩn tránh 躲闪

2 a trick You'll never catch him – he knows every dodge there is. skuiwergat حيلَه، خُدْعَه хитрост úskok, finta kneb der Kniff κόλπο truco knihv حیله؛ ترفند metku truc, combine תָחבּוּלָה चाल, चकमा smicalica csel tipu muslihat kænskubragð; undanbrögð trucco 策略 발뺌, 속임수 gudrybė triks; viltīgs paņēmiens elakkan foefje krumspring, knep, triks, manøver sztuczka artimanha truc уловка trik, finta zvijača trik knep, fint, trick เล่ห์เหลี่ยม dümen, dolap 詭計 трюк غچّہ mánh 诡计

adj dodgy

1 difficult or risky Catching the 5.15 train after the meeting will be rather dodgy. riskant, gewaag(d) خَطِر، فيه مُجازَفَه труден obtížný, riskantní svær; risikabel riskant δύσκολος, επικίνδυνος arriesgado, difícil kahtlane پرمخاطره؛ سخت epävarma délicat מְסוּכָּן खतरनाक teško,rizično rizikós sulit áhættusamur; vafasamur complicato, difficile 難しい 피하려고 하는, 발뺌하려고 수를 쓰는 keblus, sunkus nedrošs; riskants pintar hachelijk vanskelig, risikabel trudny arriscado трудный; рискованный ťažký, riskantný težek, kočljiv nepouzdan knepig, riskabel ซึ่งเสี่ยง güç, riskli 困難的，冒險的 ризикований مشکل khó khăn 困难的，冒险的

2 (of a person, organization etc) not trustworthy or safe, financially or otherwise I think the whole business sounds a bit dodgy. netelig, gevaarlik, riskant غَيْر آمِن، غَيْر موثوق нечестен riskantní risikabel; usikker unglaubwürdig αναξιόπιστος, παρακινδυνευμένος sospechoso, poco fiable küsitav حیله آمیز؛ پر مخاطره kyseenalainen malin, risqué מְפַקפֵּק धोखेबाज financijski nesigurno gyanús tidak aman vafasamur ingannevole 危なっかしい 불안한, 위험한 suktas, apgaulingas apšaubāms; negodīgs canggung onbetrouwbaar muffens, mistenkelig, risikabel szachrajski, `lewy escuro ненадёжный nebezpečný sumljiv nepouzdan svekfull, opålitlig ซึ่งไม่น่าเชื่อถือ güvenilmez, şaibeli 狡猾的 шахраюватий, нечесний چالباز láu cá 狡猾的