"dodger" meaning in English

See dodger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɒd͡ʒ.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dodger.wav Forms: dodgers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ) Etymology: From dodge + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|dodge|-er|id2=agent noun}} dodge + -er Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dodger (countable and uncountable, plural dodgers)
  1. (countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving). Tags: countable Translations (one who dodges): хитрец (hitrec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), мошеник (mošenik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), väistäjä (Finnish), väistelijä (Finnish), välttelijä (Finnish), Umgeher [masculine] (German), Ausweicher [masculine] (German), imbroglione [masculine] (Italian), evasore fiscale [masculine] (Italian), и́змамник (ízmamnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), и́трец (ítrec) [masculine] (Macedonian), wae māminga (Maori)
    Sense id: en-dodger-en-noun-HX3f4okO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 28 20 14 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 27 21 15 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 29 16 14 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 29 14 16 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 29 13 16 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 33 13 15 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 12 31 11 16 30 Disambiguation of 'one who dodges': 42 24 11 10 13
  2. (countable) A person full of tricks or street smarts. Tags: countable Translations (person full of tricks or street smarts): Schlawiner [neuter] (German), Drückeberger [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-dodger-en-noun-GNuMtfBi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 28 20 14 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 9 34 13 14 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 33 16 15 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 27 21 15 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 29 16 14 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 29 14 16 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 29 13 16 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 33 13 15 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 12 31 11 16 30 Disambiguation of 'person full of tricks or street smarts': 4 74 6 6 10
  3. (countable, nautical) A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat): корабна тента (korabna tenta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), buiskap (Dutch), sprayhood (Finnish), roiskesuoja (Finnish), Sprayhood [neuter] (German), paraspruzzi [masculine] (Italian), за́штитен па́раван (záštiten páravan) [masculine] (Macedonian)
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  4. (countable, Australia, slang) An advertising leaflet; a flyer. Tags: Australia, countable, slang
    Sense id: en-dodger-en-noun-osOq5eOh Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 28 20 14 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 9 34 13 14 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 33 16 15 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 27 21 15 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 29 16 14 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 29 14 16 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 29 13 16 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 33 13 15 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 12 31 11 16 30
  5. (uncountable, Australia, US, slang, dated) Bread. Tags: Australia, US, dated, slang, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (companionway cover): sprayhood

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ/",
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      "_dis1": "8 28 34 10 20",
      "sense": "companionway cover",
      "word": "sprayhood"
    }
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}
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations"
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    {
      "word": "artful dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "bath dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "coffin dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "corn-dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "devil dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "draft dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fare dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fare-dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "jammy dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "oven dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "salad-dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "salad dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "soap-dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "soap dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "superdodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "tax dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "todger dodger"
    }
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        "Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving)."
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        "(countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving)."
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        "A person full of tricks or street smarts."
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        "(countable) A person full of tricks or street smarts."
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        "English slang",
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        "Bread."
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        "(uncountable, Australia, US, slang, dated) Bread."
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      "sense": "companionway cover",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hitrec",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хитрец"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mošenik",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "word": "väistäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "word": "väistelijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "word": "välttelijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Umgeher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausweicher"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imbroglione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "evasore fiscale"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ízmamnik",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "и́змамник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ítrec",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "и́трец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one who dodges",
      "word": "wae māminga"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person full of tricks or street smarts",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schlawiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person full of tricks or street smarts",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Drückeberger"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "korabna tenta",
      "sense": "nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "корабна тента"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat",
      "word": "buiskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat",
      "word": "sprayhood"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat",
      "word": "roiskesuoja"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sprayhood"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paraspruzzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "záštiten páravan",
      "sense": "nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́штитен па́раван"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dodger"
}

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