English Explanatory Dictionary

dodger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
  2. A person full of tricks or street smarts.
  3. 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.
  4. An advertising leaflet; a flyer.
  5. Bread.
noun
  1. A member of the Dodgers US professional baseball team, either before or after they moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɒd͡ʒ.ə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dodger.wav /ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ/ /ˈdɑd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Word forms

dodger dodgers

Etymology

From dodge + -er.

Synonyms

sprayhood

Derived words

artful dodger bath dodger coffin dodger corn-dodger devil dodger draft dodger fare dodger fare-dodger jammy dodger oven dodger salad-dodger salad dodger soap-dodger soap dodger superdodger tax dodger todger dodger
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