dodge

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade (Freq. 1)
- his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
• Syn:
contrivance, stratagem
• Derivationally related forms:
dodgy
• Hypernyms:
scheme, strategy
• Hyponyms:
plant, pump-and-dump scheme, wangle, wangling
2. a quick evasive movement (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
evasion
3. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
• Syn:
dodging, scheme
• Hypernyms:
falsehood, falsity, untruth

II - verb

1. make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid (Freq. 6)
- The child dodged the teacher's blow
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course (Freq. 1)
- the pickpocket dodged through the crowd
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
dodger, dodging, circumvention (for: circumvent), evasion (for: evade), hedge (for: hedge), hedger (for: hedge), hedging (for: hedge)
• Hypernyms:
avoid
• Hyponyms:
beg, quibble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dodging, scheme, contrivance, stratagem