noun
Meaning 1
The act of dodging; a dodge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- twistings and dodgings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dodging
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verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of dodge
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: avoidance, turning away, shunning
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rejection
Narrower terms: aversion, averting, escape, near thing
noun
Meaning 4
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible
- that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: evasion, escape
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance
Narrower terms: escape mechanism, malingering, skulking, shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking, circumvention
noun
Meaning 5
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dodge, scheme
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: falsehood, falsity, untruth
History
Etymology
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