I . v. n.
1.
Start aside, shift place suddenly, duck.
2.
( Colloq. ) Shuffle, evade, equivocate, quibble, prevaricate, use artifice, play fast and loose, be evasive.
II . v. a.
Evade ( by starting or ducking ).
III . n.
1.
Starting aside.
2.
( Colloq. ) Evasion, artifice, trick, subterfuge, quibble, cavil.