To avoid (a blow, for example) by moving or shifting quickly aside, To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start, transitive verb_ To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside, To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place, verb_ move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course, noun_ a quick evasive movement, a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery, The act of dodging