dodge
DodgyDodgy.
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Meaning
1 senses(Australia, UK, colloquial)Dodgy.
Origin
Likely from dialectal dodge, dod, dodd (“to jog, trudge along, totter", also "to jerk, jigLikely from dialectal dodge, dod, dodd (“to jog, trudge along, totter", also "to jerk, jig”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unrecorded Middle English *dodden, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dud- (“to move”), related to Old English dydrian, dyderian (“to delude, deceive”), Middle English dideren (“to tremble, quake, shiver”), English dodder, Norwegian dudra (“to tremble”).
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Forms
more dodge, most dodge| Comparative | more dodge Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most dodge Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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