dodge

1. verb

1)

she dodged into a crowded restaurant

Syn:

dart, bolt, dive, lunge, leap, spring

2)

he could easily dodge the two cops

Syn:

elude, evade, avoid, escape, run away from, lose, shake (off), jink; informal give someone the slip, ditch

3)

the mayor tried to dodge the debate

Syn:

avoid, evade, get out of, back out of, sidestep, do an end run; informal duck, wriggle out of

2. noun

1)

a dodge to the right

Syn:

dart, bolt, dive, lunge, leap, spring

2)

a clever dodge

a tax dodge

Syn:

ruse, ploy, scheme, tactic, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, hoax, wile, cheat, deception, blind; swindle, fraud; informal scam, con, bunco, grift