(v. i.) To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile;
to shift place by a sudden start.
(v. i.) To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to
use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
(v. t.) To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by
starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
(v. t.) Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to
dodge responsibility.
(v. t.) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to
place.
(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.
