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dodger

/ˈdɒd͡ʒ.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ/

dodger noun: someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).

dodger: someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving)
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Noun (1)

dodger (countable and uncountable, plural dodgers)

  1. (countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
  2. (countable) A person full of tricks or street smarts.
  3. (countable) 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.
    Synonyms:
    sprayhood
  4. (Australia, countable, slang) An advertising leaflet; a flyer.
  5. (Australia, US, dated, slang, uncountable) Bread.

Noun (2) capitalized: Dodger

US/ˈdɑd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Dodger (plural Dodgers)

  1. A member of the Dodgers US professional baseball team, either before or after they moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.

dodger meaning in Tamil and Urdu

dodger in Tamil

ஏமாற்றுபவர், படகு

dodger in Urdu

چالباز, فریبی, حیلہ ساز

Examples of dodger in a sentence

  • During the Vietnam War, thousands of draft dodgers fled to Canada to avoid serving.
  • Eh not sure what's more impressive, THAT or watching my Uncle Bennie one throat a dodger dog.
  • Perfect little con man and artful dodger, always on the make for some angle or another.

All 12 example sentences with dodger

Synonyms of dodger

Forms of dodger

pluraldodgers
pluralDodgers

Plural of dodger: dodgers

Origin of dodger

From dodge + -er.

Words formed from dodger

Phrases with dodger

Words that rhyme with dodger

Questions about dodger

What does dodger mean?
Dodger means someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
What is dodger in Tamil?
Dodger in Tamil is ஏமாற்றுபவர், படகு. See Dodger meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dodger?
Dodger is a noun.
How do you pronounce dodger?
Dodger is pronounced /ˈdɒd͡ʒ.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of dodger?
The plural of dodger is dodgers.

Words near dodger in the dictionary

  1. dodgem cars
  2. dodgems
  3. Dodgen
  4. Dodgens
  5. Dodgeon
  6. dodger
  7. Dodger blue
  8. dodgerblue
  9. dodgerblues
  10. dodgeries
  11. dodgers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dodger (page history and authors); Dodger (page history and authors); dodger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dodger (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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