'Dodge' definitions:
Definition of 'dodge'
(from WordNet)
noun
An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" [syn: contrivance, stratagem, dodge]
noun
A quick evasive movement
noun
verb
Make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow"
verb
Move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd"
verb
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" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
Definition of 'Dodge'
From: GCIDE
- Dodge \Dodge\, v. t.
- 1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility. [Colloq.] --S. G. Goodrich. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dodge'
From: GCIDE
- Dodge \Dodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dodged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dodging.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.]
- 1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble. [1913 Webster]
- Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dodge'
From: GCIDE
- Dodge \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. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries. -- Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dodge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about the bush,
- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- answer,
- around the bush,
- art,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- avoid,
- avoidance,
- avoiding reaction,
- back and fill,
- bag of tricks,
- ballot-box stuffing,
- be stuck-up,
- beat about,
- beat around,
- beg the question,
- bicker,
- blench,
- blind,
- blink,
- bluff,
- bob,
- boggle,
- bosey,
- bunco,
- cardsharping,
- carefully ignore,
- catch,
- cavil,
- cheat,
- cheating,
- chicane,
- chicanery,
- choplogic,
- chouse,
- circumvention,
- cold-shoulder,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- countermove,
- coup,
- course of action,
- cozenage,
- craft,
- cringe,
- curve,
- curve-ball,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- cute trick,
- dart,
- deceit,
- deceive,
- deception,
- defense mechanism,
- demarche,
- design,
- device,
- diddle,
- diddling,
- dirty deal,
- dirty trick,
- dishonesty,
- dog it,
- double-talk,
- draw back,
- duck,
- duck duty,
- effort,
- elude,
- elusion,
- elusiveness,
- equivocate,
- equivocation,
- escape,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- evasion,
- evasive action,
- evasiveness,
- expedient,
- fade,
- fakement,
- fall back,
- fallback,
- fast deal,
- feint,
- fence,
- fetch,
- ficelle,
- fight shy of,
- finesse,
- fishy transaction,
- flam,
- flimflam,
- flinch,
- forbearance,
- forestalling,
- forestallment,
- fraud,
- fraudulence,
- fraudulency,
- fudge,
- gambit,
- game,
- gerrymandering,
- get out of,
- getting around,
- gimmick,
- goldbrick,
- goof off,
- googly,
- graft,
- grift,
- gyp,
- gyp joint,
- hang back,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- hocus-pocus,
- hold aloof,
- hum and haw,
- illicit business,
- imposition,
- imposture,
- improvisation,
- intrigue,
- jesuitism,
- jib,
- jink,
- joker,
- juggle,
- jugglery,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- keep aloof,
- knavery,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- little game,
- machination,
- makeshift,
- malinger,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- mince the truth,
- mince words,
- move,
- move aside,
- mystify,
- neutrality,
- nitpick,
- nonintervention,
- noninvolvement,
- not pull fair,
- obscure,
- palter,
- parry,
- pass,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- pick nits,
- pis aller,
- plan,
- plot,
- ploy,
- prevaricate,
- prevarication,
- prevention,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pullback,
- pullout,
- pussyfoot,
- put off,
- quail,
- quibble,
- quiddity,
- quillet,
- quip,
- quirk,
- quodlibet,
- racket,
- recoil,
- red herring,
- reel back,
- refraining,
- resort,
- resource,
- retreat,
- ruse,
- scam,
- scamp,
- scheme,
- scurvy trick,
- shake-up,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shirk,
- short-circuit,
- shrink,
- shrink back,
- shuffle,
- shun,
- shunning,
- shunting off,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sidestep,
- sidestepping,
- sidetracking,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip over,
- skirt,
- skulk,
- slack,
- sleight,
- sleight of hand,
- sleight-of-hand trick,
- slide,
- slide out of,
- slight,
- slip,
- slip out of,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- sneak out of,
- soldier,
- solution,
- split hairs,
- stand aloof,
- start aside,
- start back,
- steer clear of,
- step,
- step aside,
- stopgap,
- stratagem,
- strategy,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- subterfuge,
- swerve,
- swindle,
- tactic,
- temporary expedient,
- tergiversate,
- the runaround,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- trick,
- trickery,
- trump,
- turn aside,
- twist and turn,
- veer,
- waffle,
- ward off,
- weasel,
- weasel out,
- weave,
- welsh,
- wheeze,
- wile,
- wily device,
- wince,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition,
- zigzag
Dodge, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Dodge, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
700
Housing Units (2000) :
300
Land area (2000) :
0.398019 sq. miles (1.030864 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.398019 sq. miles (1.030864 sq. km)
FIPS code :
13295
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
41.721638 N, 96.879682 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
68633
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Dodge, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Dodge, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000) :
125
Housing Units (2000) :
73
Land area (2000) :
0.467610 sq. miles (1.211105 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.467610 sq. miles (1.211105 sq. km)
FIPS code :
19820
Located within :
North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location :
47.305706 N, 102.203713 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
58625
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Dodge, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Dodge, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
96
Housing Units (2000) :
34
Land area (2000) :
6.578013 sq. miles (17.036974 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.578013 sq. miles (17.036974 sq. km)
FIPS code :
21020
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
36.578738 N, 94.652037 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Dodge -- U.S. County in Minnesota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Dodge -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000) :
17731
Housing Units (2000) :
6642
Land area (2000) :
439.503610 sq. miles (1138.309077 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.122117 sq. miles (0.316282 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
439.625727 sq. miles (1138.625359 sq. km)
Located within :
Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location :
44.028165 N, 92.836351 W
Dodge -- U.S. County in Nebraska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Dodge -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
36160
Housing Units (2000) :
15468
Land area (2000) :
534.394266 sq. miles (1384.074735 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
9.529497 sq. miles (24.681283 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
543.923763 sq. miles (1408.756018 sq. km)
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
41.521339 N, 96.587577 W
Dodge -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Dodge -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
Population (2000) :
85897
Housing Units (2000) :
33672
Land area (2000) :
882.280970 sq. miles (2285.097125 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
24.706826 sq. miles (63.990382 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
906.987796 sq. miles (2349.087507 sq. km)
Located within :
Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location :
43.414410 N, 88.705036 W
Dodge -- U.S. County in Georgia
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Dodge -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000) :
19171
Housing Units (2000) :
8186
Land area (2000) :
500.286192 sq. miles (1295.735235 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
2.882341 sq. miles (7.465229 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
503.168533 sq. miles (1303.200464 sq. km)
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
32.180813 N, 83.166914 W