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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Dodge, ND (city, FIPS 19820)
    Location: 47.30531 N, 102.20195 W
    Population (1990): 135 (74 housing units)
    Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 58625
  Dodge, NE (village, FIPS 13295)
    Location: 41.72163 N, 96.87937 W
    Population (1990): 693 (285 housing units)
    Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68633
  Dodge, WI
    Zip code(s): 54625

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Dodge \Dodge\, v. t.
     1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting
        aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge
        responsibility. [Colloq.] --S. G. Goodrich.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to
        place. --Coleridge.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Dodge \Dodge\, n.
     The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden
     starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or
     cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Some, who have a taste for good living, have many
           harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and
           innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an
           excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the
           appearance of the last dictionaries.     -- Thackeray.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Dodge \Dodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dodged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Dodging.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle,
     dade, or dog, v. t.]
     1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile;
        to shift place by a sudden start. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to
        use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dodge \Dodge\, n.
     The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden
     starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or
     cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice. [Colloq.]
  
           Some, who have a taste for good living, have many
           harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and
           innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an
           excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the
           appearance of the last dictionaries.     -- Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dodge \Dodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dodged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Dodging.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle,
     dade, or dog, v. t.]
     1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile;
        to shift place by a sudden start. --Milton.
  
     2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to
        use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
  
              Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity.
                                                    --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dodge \Dodge\, v. t.
     1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting
        aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
  
     2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge
        responsibility. [Colloq.] --S. G. Goodrich.
  
     3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to
        place. --Coleridge.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  dodge
       n 1: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or
            evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us
            off the track" [syn: contrivance, stratagem]
       2: a quick evasive movement
       3: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
          trickery [syn: dodging, scheme]
       v 1: make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid;
            "The child dodged the teacher's blow"
       2: move to and fro or from place to place usually in an
          irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the
          crowd"
       3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
          (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue";
          "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their
          responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
          [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent,
          parry, elude, skirt, duck, sidestep]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dodge
     Αγγλικά vb.
     αποφεύγω κάτι κινούμενος κατάλληλα, παραμερίζοντας, κλπ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dodge
     a.
     (lb en Australian) dodgy.
     n.
     1 An act of dodging.
     2 A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression (m en tax
  dodge).)
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out
  of the way.
     2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
     3 (lb en archaic) To go hither and thither.
     4 (lb en photography videography) To decrease the exposure for
  certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare (m en
  burn)).
     5 (lb en transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from
  place to place.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Dodge
     n.
     1 (lb en countable mostly US) (surname en from=given names).
     2 A placename
     3 # (place en village s/Nebraska).
     4 # (place en city/and/village s/North Dakota).
     5 # (place en census-designated place s/Oklahoma).
     6 # (place en town s/Wisconsin).
     7 A brand of motor vehicle.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  dodge
     a.
     (lb en Australian) dodgy.
     n.
     1 An act of dodging.
     2 A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression (m en tax
  dodge).)
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out
  of the way.
     2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
     3 (lb en archaic) To go hither and thither.
     4 (lb en photography videography) To decrease the exposure for
  certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare (m en
  burn)).
     5 (lb en transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from
  place to place.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Dodge
     n.
     1 (lb en countable mostly US) (surname en from=given names).
     2 A placename
     3 # (place en village s/Nebraska).
     4 # (place en city/and/village s/North Dakota).
     5 # (place en census-designated place s/Oklahoma).
     6 # (place en town s/Wisconsin).
     7 A brand of motor vehicle.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  dodge
     a.
     (lb en Australian) dodgy.
     n.
     1 An act of dodging.
     2 A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression (m en tax
  dodge).)
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out
  of the way.
     2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
     3 (lb en archaic) To go hither and thither.
     4 (lb en photography videography) To decrease the exposure for
  certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare (m en
  burn)).
     5 (lb en transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from
  place to place.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Dodge
     n.
     1 (lb en countable mostly US) (surname en from=given names).
     2 A placename
     3 # (place en village s/Nebraska).
     4 # (place en city/and/village s/North Dakota).
     5 # (place en census-designated place s/Oklahoma).
     6 # (place en town s/Wisconsin).
     7 A brand of motor vehicle.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  dodge
     a.
     (lb en Australian) dodgy.
     n.
     1 An act of dodging.
     2 A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression (m en tax
  dodge).)
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out
  of the way.
     2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
     3 (lb en archaic) To go hither and thither.
     4 (lb en photography videography) To decrease the exposure for
  certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare (m en
  burn)).
     5 (lb en transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from
  place to place.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Dodge
     n.
     1 (lb en countable mostly US) (surname en from=given names).
     2 A placename
     3 # (place en village s/Nebraska).
     4 # (place en city/and/village s/North Dakota).
     5 # (place en census-designated place s/Oklahoma).
     6 # (place en town s/Wisconsin).
     7 A brand of motor vehicle.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dodge
     Englanti n.
     väistö
     Englanti vb.
     väistää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dodge
     Engelska n.
     1 fint, knep, fuffens
     2 sidosprång
     Engelska vb.
     1 undvika, kringgå, slingra sig (ifrån)
     2 smita från betalning
     3 hoppa eller vika undan, göra undanflykt

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Dodge /dˈɒdʒ/
  الخدعة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  dodge //dɔd͡ʒ// 
  1. избягвам, отбягвам
  to avoid by moving out of the way
  2. избягвам
  to avoid; to sidestep