Canadian English Meaning of dodge
dodge
Other Canadian English words related to dodge
- ruse
- scheme
- trick
- bluff
- device
- feint
- fetch
- flimflam
- gambit
- gimmick
- template
- juggle
- knack
- play
- ploy
- slight
- Sleight of hand
- ploy
- wile
- artifice
- blind
- cheating
- chicanery
- swindling
- craft
- cunning
- deception
- trickery
- Duplicity
- end run
- fakery
- fraud
- front
- gaff
- hoax
- juggling
- Sleight of hand
- sham
- shenanigans
- Skullduggery
- skulduggery
- Smoke screen
- swindle
- trickery
- scam
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Definitions and Meaning of dodge in English
dodge (n)
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
a quick evasive movement
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
dodge (v)
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
dodge (v. i.)
To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
dodge (v. t.)
To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.
To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
dodge (n.)
The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice.
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dodge
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade, a quick evasive movement, a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery, make a
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