What is the name meaning of DODGE. Phrases containing DODGE
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DODGE
Male
English
Old pet form of English Rodger, DODGE means "famous spear."
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English (northern England)
English (northern England) : from the Middle English personal name Dogge, a pet form of Roger.English (northern England) : possibly a nickname from Middle English dogge ‘dog’ (Old English docga, dogga).
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English
English : from a pet form of Dogge (see Dodge).
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : variant of Dodge.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : of uncertain derivation, but possibly a metonymic occupational name for a turner or cutler; the word dudgeon denoted the wood (probably boxwood) used in the handles of knives and daggers in the Middle Ages. Alternatively, it could be a diminutive form of Dodge. The name was taken to northern Ireland in the 17th century.
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English
English : patronymic form of Dodge.
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n.
A small handbill.
n.
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.
v. t.
Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.
v. t.
To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
n.
trickery; artifice.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Dodge
v. i.
To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
n.
See Corndodger.
v. i.
To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.
n.
One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices.
imp. & p. p.
of Dodge
v. t.
To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
v. i.
To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
v. i.
To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.