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dodging
(encz) | dodging,uhýbání n: Zdeněk Brož |
dodging
(encz) | dodging,uskakování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dodging
(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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dodging
(wn) | dodging
n 1: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or
trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his
clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the
consequences is possible but unattractive" [syn: evasion,
escape, dodging]
2: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
trickery [syn: dodge, dodging, scheme]
3: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from
happening [syn: avoidance, turning away, shunning,
dodging] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
dodging
(encz) | dodging,uhýbání n: Zdeněk Broždodging,uskakování n: Zdeněk Brož |
dodging
(wn) | dodging
n 1: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or
trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his
clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the
consequences is possible but unattractive" [syn: evasion,
escape, dodging]
2: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
trickery [syn: dodge, dodging, scheme]
3: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from
happening [syn: avoidance, turning away, shunning,
dodging] |
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