1
chiefly British : evasive, tricky
2
chiefly British
a
: not sound, good, or reliable
3
chiefly British : requiring skill or care in handling or coping with
dodginess noun

Examples of dodgy in a Sentence

The car's got a dodgy engine. They got into a dodgy situation.
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Got Wolves playing some good football after a few dodgy years. Steve Madeley, New York Times, 17 May 2025 Thanks to public pressure about Apple’s dodgy repair practices, and the uncertain future of Trump’s trade tariffs impacting iPhone 17 prices, the iPhone 16 has suddenly, and unintentionally, become one of the most valuable iPhones in years. Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 They are also associated to multiple other dodgy crypto operations involving memecoin launches, most notably the $Melania coin. Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025 This is dodgy terrain for a famous person to give context around. Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dodgy

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of dodgy was in 1861

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“Dodgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodgy. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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