dodging

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dodging

A soccer player practices dodging the defender on the field.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • The act of deliberately avoiding something or someone; keeping away from or preventing something from happening.
    • A statement that evades a question through cleverness or trickery.
    • The nonperformance of a distasteful duty, often through deceit or trickery.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • His constant dodging of his responsibilities led to his dismissal.
    • The politician's answer was a clever dodging of the main issue.
    • Tax dodging is a serious crime with severe penalties.
Advanced Usage
  • "Artful dodging": skillful or clever avoidance.
    • The witness was a master of artful dodging, never giving a direct answer.
  • "Dodging and weaving": literally, moving quickly to avoid something; figuratively, avoiding issues or responsibilities in a nimble, evasive manner.
    • The CEO spent the press conference dodging and weaving around questions about the company's finances.
Variants and Related Words
  • Dodge (verb): to avoid something by a quick movement or shift; to evade a duty or question.
    • He managed to dodge the flying ball.
    • She tried to dodge the reporter's questions.
  • Dodger (noun): a person who avoids something, especially duties or laws.
    • He was known as a tax dodger.
Synonyms
  • Evasion: the act of avoiding something, especially a duty or question.
  • Avoidance: the action of keeping away from or not doing something.
  • Elusion: the act of escaping or avoiding, especially by cleverness.
Related Phrases
  • To dodge a bullet: to narrowly avoid a serious problem or disaster.
    • Missing that flight was annoying, but we dodged a bullet because it had mechanical issues.
  • To dodge the issue/question: to avoid addressing a specific point.
    • Stop dodging the question and give me a straight answer.
dodging

A soccer player practices dodging the defender on the field.

Noun
  1. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
  2. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
  3. 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

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