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dodgy | dodge | Derived terms |

Dodge is a derived term of dodgy.



As an adjective dodgy

is evasive and shifty.

As a verb dodge is

to avoid by moving suddenly out of the way.

As a noun dodge is

an act of dodging.

As a proper noun Dodge is

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dodgy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (UK, Australian, NZ) evasive and shifty
    • Asked why, a spokesman gave a dodgy answer about legal ramifications.
  • (UK, Australian, NZ) unsound and unreliable
    • Never listen to dodgy advice.
    The dodgy old machine kept breaking down.
  • dishonest
    • The more money the better, because there is always that dodgy politician or corrupt official to bribe.
    I am sure you wouldn't want to be seen buying dodgy gear, would you? (stolen goods).
  • risky
    • This is a slightly dodgy plan, because there is a lot that is being changed for this fix.
  • deviant
    • He's a dodgy Peeping Tom.
  • uncomfortable and weird
    • The situation was right dodgy .
    I'm feeling dodgy today, probably got the flu.

    Synonyms

    * (unsound and unreliable) shaky * (risky) chancy, risky

    Anagrams

    *

    dodge

    English

    Verb

    (dodg)
  • To avoid by moving suddenly out of the way.
    • He dodged traffic crossing the street.
  • (figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
    • The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
  • (archaic) To go hither and thither.
  • (photography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them darker (compare burn).
  • To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
  • * Coleridge
    • A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! / And still it neared and neared: / As if it dodged a water-sprite, / It plunged and tacked and veered.

    Synonyms

    * (to avoid) duck, evade, fudge, skirt

    Derived terms

    * dodge a bullet * dodger * dodgy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of dodging
  • A trick, evasion or wile