DODGING
Dictionary entry overview: What does dodging mean?
• DODGING (noun)
The noun DODGING has 3 senses:
1. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
2. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
3. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
Familiarity information: DODGING used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DODGING (noun)
Meaning:
Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
dodging; evasion; escape
Context examples:
his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible / that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive
Hypernyms ("dodging" is a kind of...):
carelessness; neglect; negligence; nonperformance (failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dodging"):
escape mechanism (a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities)
malingering; skulking (evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated)
goldbricking; goofing off; shirking; slacking; soldiering (the evasion of work or duty)
circumvention (the act of evading by going around)
Meaning:
A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
dodging; scheme; dodge
Hypernyms ("dodging" is a kind of...):
falsehood; falsity; untruth (a false statement)
Meaning:
Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
avoidance; shunning; turning away; dodging
Hypernyms ("dodging" is a kind of...):
rejection (the act of rejecting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dodging"):
aversion; averting (the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away)
escape (an avoidance of danger or difficulty)
near thing (something that barely avoids failure or disaster)
