dodge

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɒd͡ʒ/
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• General-American: /dɑd͡ʒ/
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• rhymes with -ɒdʒ
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• CMU ARPABET: D AA1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Likely from dialectal dodge, dod, dodd (“to jog, trudge along, totter", also "to jerk, jig”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unrecorded Middle English *dodden, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dud- (“to move”), related to Old English dydrian, dyderian (“to delude, deceive”), Middle English dideren (“to tremble, quake, shiver”), English dodder, Norwegian dudra (“to tremble”).

From a Middle English diminutive form of Roger.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Marathi: चकवणूक (cakavṇūk) — dodging
• Bulgarian: избягвам (izbjagvam) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Bulgarian: отбягвам (otbjagvam) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Catalan: esquivar — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Cherokee: ᏓᏓᏅᏗᏍᏗᎭ (dadanvdisdiha) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Chinese Mandarin: 躲避 (duǒbì) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Chinese Mandarin: 躲開 /躲开 (duǒkai) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Czech: uhnout — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Danish: springe til side — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Danish: undgå — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Dutch: ontwijken — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Dutch: uit de weg gaan — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Dutch: ontspringen — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Esperanto: eviti — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Finnish: väistää — to avoid by moving out of the way
• French: éviter — to avoid by moving out of the way
• French: contourner — to avoid by moving out of the way
• French: esquiver — to avoid by moving out of the way
• German: ausweichen — to avoid by moving out of the way
• German: beiseite springen — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Greek: αποφεύγω (apofévgo) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Hungarian: kikerül — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Hungarian: kitér — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Hungarian: félreugrik — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Hungarian: elugrik — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Italian: schivare — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Italian: scansare — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Japanese: よける (yokeru) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Japanese: 身をかわす (mi-o kawasu) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Portuguese: esquivar — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Russian: увёртываться (uvjórtyvatʹsja) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Russian: уверну́ться (uvernútʹsja) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Russian: извора́чиваться (izvoráčivatʹsja) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Russian: изверну́ться (izvernútʹsja) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Slovak: uhnúť sa — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Slovak: vyhýbať sa — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Spanish: evadir — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Spanish: esquivar — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Swedish: undvika — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Thai: หลบ (lòp) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Thai: หลีก (lìik) — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Vietnamese: tránh — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Vietnamese: né — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Walloon: houwer — to avoid by moving out of the way
• Bulgarian: избягвам (izbjagvam) — to avoid; to sidestep
• Czech: vyhnout se — to avoid; to sidestep
• Czech: vyhýbat se — to avoid; to sidestep
• Danish: undgå — to avoid; to sidestep
• Dutch: ontwijken — to avoid; to sidestep
• Dutch: ontduiken — to avoid; to sidestep
• Esperanto: eviti — to avoid; to sidestep
• Finnish: vältellä — to avoid; to sidestep
• French: esquiver — to avoid; to sidestep
• French: éluder — to avoid; to sidestep
• German: ausweichen — to avoid; to sidestep
• German: umgehen — to avoid; to sidestep
• Hungarian: kitér — to avoid; to sidestep
• Hungarian: megkerül — to avoid; to sidestep
• Hungarian: elkerül — to avoid; to sidestep
• Hungarian: kihúzza magát — to avoid; to sidestep
• Hungarian: kivonja magát — to avoid; to sidestep
• Italian: eludere — to avoid; to sidestep
• Russian: уви́ливать (uvílivatʹ) — to avoid; to sidestep
• Russian: увильну́ть (uvilʹnútʹ) — to avoid; to sidestep
• Russian: избега́ть (izbegátʹ) — to avoid; to sidestep
• Russian: избежа́ть (izbežátʹ) — to avoid; to sidestep
• Russian: уклоня́ться (uklonjátʹsja) — to avoid; to sidestep
• Russian: уклони́ться (uklonítʹsja) — to avoid; to sidestep
• Slovak: uhýbať — to avoid; to sidestep
• Spanish: evadir — to avoid; to sidestep
• Spanish: esquivar — to avoid; to sidestep
• Spanish: capear — to avoid; to sidestep
• Swedish: undvika — to avoid; to sidestep
• Thai: เลี่ยง (lîiang) — to avoid; to sidestep
• Walloon: houwer — to avoid; to sidestep
• Czech: bloumat sem a tam — to go hither and thither
• Swedish: gå hit och dit — to go hither and thither
• Finnish: varjostaa — photography: to make lighter (to decrease the exposure of an area of a photo)
• Portuguese: subexpor — photography: to make lighter (to decrease the exposure of an area of a photo)
• Marathi: चकवणे (cakavṇe) — To trick somebody