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dodging::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | escape, evasion |
| Type of | negligence, nonperformance, carelessness, neglect |
| Has types | shirking, skulking, slacking, soldiering, goldbricking, escape mechanism, goofing off, malingering, circumvention |
| Derivation | dodge |
dodging::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | avoidance, shunning, turning away |
| Type of | rejection |
| Has types | aversion, averting, escape, near thing |
| Derivation | dodge |
Examples of dodging
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Unless you love dodging marauding donkeys and their dung, opt for the funicular.
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Yet, even as audiences embraced them, REM seemed intent on dodging stereotyping.
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Another predicted the cyclone would miraculously split into two, dodging Orissa.
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Dodging your tax tab is an insult to the millions of UK citizens who pay theirs.
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Ross said he was then barred from the ballot over his draft-dodging conviction.
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They used those wings for gliding round their arboreal habitats and dodging foes.
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From there, he flew 30 missions over Germany, dodging fighters and intense flack.
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Despite his 10 strikeouts, he had been dodging danger throughout the afternoon.
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Snow plans to start briefing in mid-May dodging rocks instead of throwing them.
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- Contrivance: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
- Make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow"
- A quick evasive movement
- Move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd"
- A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
- Hedge: 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"
- Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide.
- The Dodge was a cyclecar manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the A.M. Dodge Company from 1914-15. The cyclecar had a four-cylinder 25 hp engine that was water-cooled, and had a frictionless transmission. The vehicle was designed by George Wahl of Wahl Motor Company. ...
- Dodging and burning are terms used in photography for a technique used during the printing process to manipulate the exposure of a selected area(s) on a photographic print, deviating from the rest of the image's exposure. ...
