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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: dodge (0.00980 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to dodge.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: dodge alasan, gelek, mengelak, mengelakkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dodge dodge n 1: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; “his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track” [syn: contrivance, stratagem] 2: a quick evasive movement 3: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery [syn: dodging, scheme] dodge v 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”; “she skirted the problem”; “They tend to evade their responsibilities”; “he evaded the questions skillfully” [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, duck, sidestep]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dodge 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility. [Colloq.] --S. G. Goodrich. [1913 Webster] 3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. -- Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble. [1913 Webster] Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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