verb

• (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
  "He dodged traffic crossing the street."
• (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
  "The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply."
• (transitive) To elude.
  "“We must follow after this dreadnought, hard on her tracks. She shall not dodge me though she hide in unfathomed waters, or in the earth's bosom, or in lonely woods, or on crags!”"
• (archaic, ambitransitive) To go, or cause to go, hither and thither.
  "Or if a footpad asks him for his money, what need he care provided he has an umbrella? He threatens to dodge the ferrule into the ruffian’s eye, and the fellow starts back and says, “Lord, sir! I meant no harm. […]"

noun

• (slang) A line of work.
  "In the marketing dodge, that is known as rub-off."

adj

• (Australia, British, colloquial) Dodgy.

name

• (countable, chiefly US) A surname originating as a patronymic.