dodge

About 3.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

   He dodged traffic crossing the street.

2. verb To avoid; to sidestep.

   The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.

3. verb To elude.
4. verb To go, or cause to go, hither and thither.
5. verb To make an area of an image lighter .
6. verb To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
7. verb To trick somebody.
8. noun An act of dodging.

Similar words

evade elude circumvent sidestep put off duck stratagem parry scheme contrivance

Often followed by

city the and was to in of county brothers

Word family

Dodge Mapes Mary Dodge Mary Elizabeth Dodge Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge Mary Mapes Dodge dodged dodges dodging