Noun
a quick evasive movement

Noun
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

Noun
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

Verb
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"

Verb
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher''s blow"

Verb
move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd"

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v. i.
To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

v. i.
To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.

v. t.
To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.

v. t.
Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.

v. t.
To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.

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.