DODGE
What does "DODGE" mean?
To move quickly aside to avoid being hit, caught, or noticed.
Meanings
- To avoid something by moving suddenly out of the way. He dodged the snowball and laughed.
- To evade a duty, question, or responsibility by cunning or trickery. The politician dodged every question about the budget.
- A sudden quick movement to one side, or a cunning trick to evade something. A clever dodge let him avoid the toll booth. informal
Word origin
Of uncertain origin, appearing in English in the 1560s with the sense 'to move to and fro'; the figurative meaning 'evade by trickery' developed by the 1600s.
Remember it
To DODGE, you DODGE left or right - picture the central D as you, ducking between two letters on each side.
A little poem
The question came straight for his chest-
he stepped aside; it hit the rest of us.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why did the boxer make a great accountant? He spent years learning to dodge - first punches, then questions.
What it teaches
You can dodge a question forever, but the gap where the answer should be keeps getting wider.
Quick facts
What does DODGE mean?
To move quickly aside to avoid being hit, caught, or noticed.
Is DODGE a valid word?
Yes — DODGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DODGE?
DODGE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DODGE come from?
Of uncertain origin, appearing in English in the 1560s with the sense 'to move to and fro'; the figurative meaning 'evade by trickery' developed by the 1600s.
What can DODGE teach us?
You can dodge a question forever, but the gap where the answer should be keeps getting wider.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.