Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dodging"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to
use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
2: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
trickery [syn: {dodge}, {scheme}]
3: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from
happening [syn: {avoidance}, {turning away}, {shunning}]
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