| slovo | definícia |
dodge
(mass) | dodge
- úskok, uskočiť, uhnúť |
dodge
(encz) | dodge,uhnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
dodge
(encz) | dodge,uskakovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
dodge
(encz) | dodge,uskočit v: Zdeněk Brož |
dodge
(encz) | dodge,úskok Nijel |
dodge
(encz) | dodge,vyhnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
dodge
(encz) | dodge,vytáčka Nijel |
Dodge
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to
use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
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Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity.
--Milton.
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Dodge
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge
responsibility. [Colloq.] --S. G. Goodrich.
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3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to
place. --Coleridge.
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Dodge
(gcide) | 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.]
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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.
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dodge
(wn) | 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, dodge]
2: a quick evasive movement
3: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
trickery [syn: dodge, dodging, scheme]
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, dodge, duck, sidestep] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
dodge
(mass) | dodge
- úskok, uskočiť, uhnúť |
corn dodger
(encz) | corn dodger, n: |
dodge
(encz) | dodge,uhnout v: Zdeněk Broždodge,uskakovat v: Zdeněk Broždodge,uskočit v: Zdeněk Broždodge,úskok Nijeldodge,vyhnout v: Zdeněk Broždodge,vytáčka Nijel |
dodge a bullet
(encz) | dodge a bullet, |
dodge ball
(encz) | dodge ball, |
dodgeball
(encz) | dodgeball,vybíjená n: [sport.] jose |
dodged
(encz) | dodged,uhnul v: Zdeněk Broždodged,uskočil v: Zdeněk Brož |
dodgem
(encz) | dodgem,elektrické autíčko na pouti Zdeněk Brož |
dodger
(encz) | dodger,neplatič n: Zdeněk Brož |
dodges
(encz) | dodges,uhýbá v: Zdeněk Broždodges,uskakuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
draft dodger
(encz) | draft dodger, n: |
Corndodger
(gcide) | Corndodger \Corn"dodg`er\ (k[^o]rn"d?j`?r), n.
A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering
of husks or paper, and baked under the embers. [U.S.]
--Bartlett.
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Dodged
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to
use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
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Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity.
--Milton.
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Dodgem
(gcide) | Dodgem \Dodgem\ n.
a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a
special platform where there are many others to be dodged.
Syn: bumper car.
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dodger
(gcide) | dodger \dodg"er\, n.
1. One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or
uses tricky devices. --Smart.
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2. A small handbill. [U. S.]
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3. See Corndodger.
[1913 Webster]Dodger \Dodg"er\, prop. n.
a member of the professional baseball team called the
Dodgers. At one time the team was headquartered in Brooklyn,
New York, when it was called the Borrooklyn Dodgers, but the
franchise was transferred to Los Angeles.
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Dodger
(gcide) | dodger \dodg"er\, n.
1. One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or
uses tricky devices. --Smart.
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2. A small handbill. [U. S.]
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3. See Corndodger.
[1913 Webster]Dodger \Dodg"er\, prop. n.
a member of the professional baseball team called the
Dodgers. At one time the team was headquartered in Brooklyn,
New York, when it was called the Borrooklyn Dodgers, but the
franchise was transferred to Los Angeles.
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Dodgery
(gcide) | Dodgery \Dodg"er*y\, n.
trickery; artifice. [Obs.] --Hacket. Dodipate |
corn dodger
(wn) | corn dodger
n 1: small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly
southern) [syn: corn dab, corn dodger, dodger] |
dodge
(wn) | 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, dodge]
2: a quick evasive movement
3: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
trickery [syn: dodge, dodging, scheme]
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, dodge, duck, sidestep] |
dodge city
(wn) | Dodge City
n 1: a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River;
formerly a rowdy cow town |
dodgem
(wn) | Dodgem
n 1: a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on
a special platform where there are many others to be dodged
[syn: bumper car, Dodgem] |
dodger
(wn) | dodger
n 1: a shifty deceptive person [syn: dodger, fox,
slyboots]
2: small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly
southern) [syn: corn dab, corn dodger, dodger] |
draft dodger
(wn) | draft dodger
n 1: someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve [syn:
draft dodger, draft evader] |
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