dodger

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈdɒd͡ʒ.ə(ɹ)//
United States//ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ//

Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).

noun

1
Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
2
A person full of tricks or street smarts.
3
A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.
4
slangAn advertising leaflet; a flyer.
5
datedBread.

Etymology

Etymology tree English dodge Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dodger From dodge + -er.

Forms

plural: dodgers

dod · sulk, huff dodge · To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.Dodge · A surname originating as a patronymic.

dodger · Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).

Dodger · A member of the Dodgers US professional baseball team, either…dodging · The act of dodging; a dodge.dodgy · Evasive and shifty.

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