Meaning

1 senses

  1. The act of dodging; a dodge.

    twistings and dodgings

More definitions
  • a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
  • nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
  • deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

Forms

plural: dodgings
Singulardodging
Pluraldodgings

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery:dodgescheme
  • nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do:evasionescape
  • deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening:avoidanceturning awayshunning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedfare-dodgingsoap-dodgingdodge

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dodgedodgeballdodgerdodgydododoedoer
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