| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Dodge.[Websters]
2. To be stunted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have sidestepped or jinked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be projected. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have shifted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be ramped. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have gimmicked or knacked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have shuffled, prevaricated or tergiversated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have wangled, faked, humbugged or defrauded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have absconded or lurked.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb dodge.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (dodge) | 1. Make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow".[Wordnet]. 2. Move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd".[Wordnet]. 3. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue".[Wordnet]. 4. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.[Websters]. 5. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.[Websters]. 6. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.[Websters]. 7. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.[Websters]. 8. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.[Websters]. 9. Base verb from the following inflections: dodging, dodged, dodges, dodger, dodgers, dodgingly and dodgedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DODGED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Specialty Definition: dodge
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To start suddenly aside; to shift place by a sudden start.. | 2: [Verb] To play tricks; to be evasive; to use tergiversation; to play fast and loose; to raise expectations and disappoint them; to quibble.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Geography | Dodge is geographically located in Zimbabwe. Its features include a mine(s) (a site where mineral ores are extracted from the ground by excavating surface pits and subterranean passages). Its geographic coordinates are 17.456667 degrees South latitude and 31.509444 degrees East longitude. (references) | ||
| Literature | 1: Dodge (1 syl.). An artful device to evade, deceive, or bilk some one. (Anglo-Saxon, deogian, to conceal or colour.) 2: The religious dodge. Seeking alms by trading on religion. 3: The tidy dodge. To dress up a family clean and tidy so as to excite sympathy, and make passers-by suppose you have by misfortune fallen from a respectable state in society. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] a ruler of Venice while it was a republic. (references) | 2: [Proper noun] a brand of motor vehicle. (references) | 3: [Proper noun] a surname, typically found in the United States. (references) | 4: [Verb] (archaic) To go hither and thither. (references) | 5: [Verb] (figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply. (references) | 6: [Verb] To avoid by moving out of the way (often suddenly) He dodged traffic crossing the street. (references) |
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Common Expressions: dodge
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Annie Dodge Wauneka | Annie Dodge Wauneka (1910 - 1997) was an influential member of the Navajo Tribe of Native Americans. She worked to improve the heath and education of the Navajo, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson. (references) | ||
| Augustus C. Dodge | Augustus Caesar Dodge (January 2, 1812 - November 20, 1883) was one of the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846. Immediately prior to his service as a Senator, Dodge represented the Territory of Iowa in Congress from 1839 to 1846. Dodge served in the Senate from 1846 to 1855, when he resigned to accept a diplomatic position. (references) | ||
| Barber Dodge Pro Series | The Barber Dodge Pro Series was an entry-level open-wheel auto racing series from 1986 to 2003. The series race primarily on road and street courses in North America, although the schedule did sometimes include a few ovals. (references) | ||
| Bernie Dodge | Bernie Dodge is the creator of the WebQuest, an information technology education tool, and [http://webquest.org/questgarden/ QuestGarden], an online authoring tool and community of practice for WebQuest development. (references) | ||
| Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 | Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 was the name given to the annual spring NASCAR Nextel Cup race held at Darlington Raceway. It began in 1957 as a 300 mile (483 km) race in the Convertible division, known as the Rebel 300. In 1966, the race was expanded to 400 miles (644 km), and in 1973 to 500 miles (805 km). In 1994, the race was returned to 400 miles. Other names include the Mall.com 400 (2000) and the TranSouth Financial 400 (1994-1999). (references) | ||
| Charles Dodge | Charles Dodge (b. Ames, Iowa, June 5, 1942) is an American composer best known for his electronic music. He is a former student of Darius Milhaud, Gunther Schuller. (references) | ||
| David A. Dodge | David A. Dodge is the current Governor of the Bank of Canada. He was appointed on February 1, 2001 for a term of seven years. As Governor, he is also chairman of the board of directors of the bank. (references) | ||
| Dodge (disambiguation) | Dodge is a trademark for a brand of automobiles and trucks. (references) | ||
| Dodge 400 | The 400 was Dodge's second K-Car in the early 1980s. It was similar to the Chrysler LeBaron of the same era. The 400 was introduced in 1982, but the Dodge 400 was replaced by the Dodge 600 just one year later. (references) | ||
| Dodge 600 | The 600 was Dodge's version of the Chrysler E-Class luxury car of the 1980s. It was introduced in 1983 on the Chrysler E platform and was discontinued after the 1988 model year. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: dodge
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Come the Religious Dodge | Literature | 1: (To) means to ask or seek some favour under pretence of a religious motive. Here "come" means to come and introduce. (See Dodge) 2: (To), in school phrase, is to skip about and not go straight on through a lesson. A boy learns a verb, and the master does not hear him conjugate it straight through, but dodges him about. Also in class not to call each in order, but to pick a boy here and there. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Dodge continuous sampling plan | Statistics | The first continuous sampling plan was proposed by Dodge (1943). It assumed a knowledge of the production process. This restriction was relaxed by Derman et al. (1959) who made other developments. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Dodge crusher | Mining | Similar to the Blake crusher, except the movable jaw is hinged at the bottom. Therefore the discharge opening is fixed, giving a more uniform product than the Blake with its discharge opening varying every stroke. This type of jaw crusher gives the greatest movement on the largest lump. (references) | |
| Dodge pulverizer | Mining | A hexagonal barrel revolving on a horizontal axis, containing perforated die plates and screens. Pulverizing is done by steel balls inside the barrel. (references) | |
| Rabelais' Dodge | Literature | 1: Rabelais one day was at a country inn, and finding he had no money to pay his score, got himself arrested as a traitor who was forming a project to poison the princes. He was immediately sent to Paris and brought before the magistrates, but, as no tittle of evidence was found against him, was liberated forthwith. By this artifice he not only got out of his difficulty at the inn, but he also got back to Paris free of expense. Fathered on Tarleton also. 2: (The). Plying a person secretly with threatening letters in order to drive him out of the neighbourhood, or to compel him to do something he objects to. The Irish Ribbon men sent threatening letters or letters containing coffins, cross-bones, or daggers, to obnoxious neighbours. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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