dodge

¹dodge

noun \ˈdäj\

Definition of DODGE

1

: an act of evading by sudden bodily movement

2

a : an artful device to evade, deceive, or trick b : expedient

Examples of DODGE

1. It was just another dodge to get out of working.
2. <just another dodge to get out of working in the yard>

Origin of DODGE

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1575

Related to DODGE

Synonyms: artifice, device, trick, fetch, flimflam, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, ploy, scheme, shenanigan, sleight, stratagem, wile

Related Words: bluff, end run, feint; cheating, chicanery, cozenage, craft, crookery, cunning, deception, dupery, duplicity, fakery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, swindling, trickery; fraud, gaff, hoax, sham, swindle; blind, front, smoke screen

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Rhymes with DODGE

Dodge, lodge, raj, stodge, wodge