| VERB | motion | dodge | make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | dodge | move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course | |
| communication | dodge, hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, duck, sidestep | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | |
| NOUN | cognition | dodge, contrivance, stratagem | an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived / contrived to deceive or evade |
| act | dodge | a quick evasive movement | |
| communication | dodge, dodging, scheme | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery |
| Sounds | daa'jh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | counterespionage ... raj: 8 rhymes with aajh... | |
| Meaning | An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived / contrived to deceive or evade. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | contrivance, stratagem | |
| Narrower | plant | Something planted secretly for discovery by another |
| pump-and-dump scheme | An illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices | |
| wangle, wangling | An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery | |
| Broader | scheme, strategy | An elaborate and systematic plan of action |
| Spanish | estratagema | |
| Adjectives | dodgy | marked by skill in deception |
| Meaning | A quick evasive movement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | evasion | The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver |
| Catalan | evasió | |
| Verbs | dodge | make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid |
| Meaning | A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | dodging, scheme | |
| Broader | falsehood, falsity, untruth | A false statement |
| Spanish | regate | |
| Catalan | capgirada | |
| Verbs | dodge | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
| Meaning | make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The child dodged the teacher's blow" | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | eludir, esquivar, evitar | |
| Catalan | eludir, escapolir-se, esquitllar-se, esquivar, evitar, fintar, regatejar | |
| Nouns | dodge | a quick evasive movement |
| Meaning | Move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd" | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Meaning | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He dodged the issue" | |
| Synonyms | hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, duck, sidestep | |
| Narrower | beg | Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted |
| quibble | Evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections | |
| Broader | avoid | Stay clear from |
| Spanish | eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar, rehuir | |
| Catalan | defugir, eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar | |
| Nouns | dodge | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery |
| dodger | a shifty deceptive person | |
| dodging | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | |
| dodging | deliberately avoiding / avoiding | |
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