1. To avoid (a blow, for example) by moving or shifting quickly aside.

2. To evade (an obligation, for example) by cunning, trickery, or deceit: kept dodging the reporter's questions.

3. To blunt or reduce the intensity of (a section of a photograph) by shading during the printing process.

1. To move aside or in a given direction by shifting or twisting suddenly: The child dodged through the crowd.

2. To evade something by cunning, trickery, or deceit.

1. The act of dodging: made a dodge to the left.

2. A cunning or deceitful act intended to evade something or trick someone: a tax dodge. See Synonyms at wile.