dodge
An act of dodgingAn act of dodging.
» Tom didn't want to play dodge ball because he was tired.
Tom wollte kein Völkerball spielen, weil er müde war. — Espi
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3 sensesAn act of dodging.
A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.)
(slang)A line of work.
- a quick evasive movement
- a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
Examples
65 sentencesTom didn't want to play dodge ball because he was tired.
deTom wollte kein Völkerball spielen, weil er müde war. — Espi
Tom decided not to play dodge ball because he wasn't feeling well.
deTom hat sich entschieden, kein Völkerball zu spielen, weil es ihm nicht gut ging. — Espi
We dodged a bullet on that one.
Let's play dodge ball.
Don't dodge the question.
ruНе уходи от ответа. — mrtaistoi
deDrück dich nicht vor der Antwort. — mrtaistoi
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
plural: dodgesSynonyms
4 synonyms- a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery:dodgingscheme
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade:contrivancestratagem