C1 noun #12,109 most common

dodge

UK /dɒdʒ/ | US /dɒdʒ/

An act of dodging.

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  • (noun) An act of dodging.
  • (noun) A trick, evasion or wile.
  • (noun) A line of work.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun An act of dodging.
  2. 2
    noun A trick, evasion or wile.
  3. 3
    noun A line of work.
  4. 4
    verb To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
  5. 5
    verb To avoid; to sidestep.
  6. 6
    verb To go hither and thither.
  7. 7
    verb (videography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).
  8. 8
    verb To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
  9. 9
    verb To trick somebody.
  10. 10
    adjective Dodgy

Examples

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Synonyms

duck evade fudge shun skirt

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