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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dodge \Dodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dodged}; p. pr & vb n. {Dodging}.] [Of uncertain origin: cf dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.] 1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start --Milton. 2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble. Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dodging n 1: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" [syn: {evasion}, {escape}] 2: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery [syn: {dodge}, {scheme}] 3: deliberately avoiding [syn: {avoidance}, {turning away}, {shunning}]
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