All dodge synonyms
dodge
D d verb dodge
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- duck β any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- shuffle β to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
- sidestep β to step to one side.
- ditch β a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- skirt β the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- swerve β to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- fence β a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- pussyfoot β to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
- lurch β Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- parry β to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
- dark β When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- slide β to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- malinger β to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- weasel β any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
- slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- shake β to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- hedge β a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
- shift β to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
- fudge β a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
- shirk β to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
- tergiversate β to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- short-circuit β Electricity. to make (an appliance, switch, etc.) inoperable by establishing a short circuit in. to carry (a current) as a short circuit.
- juke β to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent).
- shake off β to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get out of β extricate oneself from
- give the slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- circumlocute β to speak in a circuitous way
noun dodge
- loophole β a small or narrow opening, as in a wall, for looking through, for admitting light and air, or, particularly in a fortification, for the discharge of missiles against an enemy outside.
- gap β a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- ambiguity β If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be understood in more than one way.
- out β away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- get-out β Commerce. the break-even point.
- feint β a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
- contrivance β If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
- device β A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
- machination β an act or instance of machinating.
- method β a procedure, technique, or way of doing something, especially in accordance with a definite plan: There are three possible methods of repairing this motor.
- plan β a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- plot β a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- ploy β a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- ruse β a city in N Bulgaria, on the Danube.
- scheme β a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
- stratagem β a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
- strategy β Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.