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- Dictionarydodge/dɒdʒ/
verb
- 1. avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement: "marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists" Similar
- 2. 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"
noun
- 1. a sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something. Similar
- 2. the dodging of a bell in change-ringing.
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to avoid being hit by something by moving quickly to one side: fig. We have dodged a bullet a lot of times in the last three or four years. To dodge something unpleasant is to avoid it: [ T ] Few men still talk about how they dodged the draft. dodge.
The meaning of DODGE is an act of evading by sudden bodily movement. How to use dodge in a sentence.
Dodge definition: to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy. See examples of DODGE used in a sentence.
If you dodge somewhere, you move there suddenly to avoid being hit, caught, or seen. We dodged behind a pillar out of sight of the tourists. American English : dodge / ˈdɒdʒ /
To dodge something is to avoid it. In dodge ball, players dodge the balls being thrown at them. Dodging is making quick, sudden movements, usually to avoid something.
To move aside or in a given direction by shifting or twisting suddenly: The child dodged through the crowd. 2. To evade something by cunning, trickery, or deceit. n. 1. The act of dodging: made a dodge to the left. 2. A cunning or deceitful act intended to evade something or trick someone: a tax dodge.
DODGE definition: 1. to move quickly to avoid someone or something: 2. to avoid talking about something or doing…. Learn more.
