[dɒdʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement
(e.g: marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists)

- expose (one area of a print) less than the rest during processing or enlarging
(e.g: he dodged and burned the photograph to get the exact exposure levels he was after)

- (of a bell in change-ringing) move one place contrary to the normal sequence, and then back again in the following round


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the senses ‘dither’ and ‘haggle’): of unknown origin

[dɒdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something

- the dodging of a bell in change-ringing


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the senses ‘dither’ and ‘haggle’): of unknown origin