Dodging

verb

Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.verbTo avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

"He dodged traffic crossing the street."

2.verbTo avoid; to sidestep.

"The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply."

3.verbTo go hither and thither.

4.verb(videography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).

5.verbTo follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.

6.verbTo trick somebody.

7.nounThe act of dodging; a dodge.

"twistings and dodgings"

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