transcription, транскрипция: [ dɒdʒ ]
( dodges, dodging, dodged)
1.
If you dodge , you move suddenly, often to avoid being hit, caught, or seen.
He dodged amongst the seething crowds of men...
VERB : V prep / adv
2.
If you dodge something, you avoid it by quickly moving aside or out of reach so that it cannot hit or reach you.
He desperately dodged a speeding car trying to run him down.
= sidestep
VERB : V n
3.
If you dodge something, you deliberately avoid thinking about it or dealing with it, often by being deceitful.
He boasts of dodging military service by feigning illness...
= evade
VERB : V n
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Dodge is also a noun.
This was not just a tax dodge.
N-COUNT : usu supp N