\Dodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dodged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dodging}.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle,
dade, or dog, v. t.]
1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile;
   to shift place by a sudden start. --Milton.
2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to
   use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
         Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity.
                                               --Milton.

\Dodge\, v. t.
1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting
   aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge
   responsibility. [Colloq.] --S. G. Goodrich.
3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to
   place. --Coleridge.

\Dodge\, 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. [Colloq.]
      Some, who have a taste for good living, have many
      harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and
      innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an
      excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the
      appearance of the last dictionaries.     -- Thackeray.