dodge

CEFRC1

/dɒd͡ʒ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To move quickly aside to avoid something.

  2. 02

    noun

    A quick movement to avoid being hit.

Examples

  • Don't dodge the issue, I want you to answer my question.

  • On his bicycle he can dodge through traffic with amazing speed.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To avoid; to sidestep.

  2. To elude.

  3. To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

More examples

In context

  • The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.

  • He dodged traffic crossing the street.

  • He knows everybody, and is up to all the dodges of editorial management and newspaper cliques.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

Likely 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”).