English to English
noun
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
His testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a quick evasive movement
source: WordNet 3.0
- a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
The child dodged the teacher's blow.
source: WordNet 3.0
- move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
The pickpocket dodged through the crowd.
source: WordNet 3.0
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
He dodged the issue.
She skirted the problem.
They tend to evade their responsibilities.
He evaded the questions skillfully.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
source: Webster 1913
- To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [doedh] Dayà; hibò; silò
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [doedh] Magdayà; manghibò sumilò
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
