- contrivance, stratagem, dodge - an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
--1 is a kind of scheme, strategy
--1 has particulars: plant; pump-and-dump scheme; wangle, wangling - dodge - a quick evasive movement
--2 is a kind of evasion
Derived form: verb dodge1 - dodge, dodging, scheme - a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
--3 is a kind of falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
Derived form: verb dodge3
- dodge - make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow"
--1 is one way to move
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun dodge2
Somebody ----s something
- dodge - move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
--3 is one way to avoid
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun dodge3, noun dodger1, noun dodging3, noun dodging1
Somebody ----s something
- hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"