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";
   - hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, duck [informal], sidestep, finesse, circumnavigate

1. A quick evasive movement
   "His skilful dodge allowed him to avoid the oncoming tackle"
    
2. [informal] An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
   "His excuse was just another dodge to avoid work";
   - contrivance, stratagem
    
3. A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
   "His response was a clever dodge to avoid answering directly";
   - dodging, scheme

Derived forms: dodging, dodged, dodges

Type of: avoid, evasion, falsehood, falsity, move, scheme, strategy, untruth

Encyclopedia: Dodge, OK