dodge
Meaning of dodge
verb
- avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.
marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists
- expose (one area of a print) less than the rest during processing or enlarging.
he dodged and burned the photograph to get the exact exposure levels he was after
- (of a bell in change-ringing) move one place contrary to the normal sequence, and then back again in the following round.
- a sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.
- the dodging of a bell in change-ringing.
mid 16th century (in the senses ‘dither’ and ‘haggle’): of unknown origin.
Information about dodge
- The plural form of dodge is: dodges.
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Hyphenation of dodge
dodge
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- dodge is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
dodge synonyms
Meaning contrivance:
Meaning dodging:
Meaning hedge:
hedge, fudge, evade, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, duck, sidestep
Meaning move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly:
Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:
Meaning move quickly or suddenly in a specified direction:
Meaning change or cause to change direction abruptly:
Meaning change direction suddenly:
Meaning make a lunge:
Meaning push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet:
Meaning jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force:
Meaning move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards:
Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):
Meaning break free from confinement or control:
Meaning evade or shake off (a pursuer):
Meaning (of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate:
Meaning deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain:
Meaning cunningly deceive or outwit:
Meaning avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill:
Meaning provide with a ditch or ditches:
Translation of dodge
- Italian: aggirare, stratagemma, sotterfugio, trucco, espediente
- German: umgehen, List, Kniff, Trick
- Spanish: sortear, truco, artimaña, ardid, estratagema, subterfugio, argucia
- French: contourner
- Portuguese: contornar
Words that rhyme with dodge
bodge, Dodge, outdodge, fodge, Hodge, hodge, Lodge, allodge, dislodge, enlodge, flodge, lodge, mislodge, plodge, relodge, slodge, splodge, unlodge, modge, noodge, smoodge, hodgepodge, podge, Rodge, rodge, stodge, wodge
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