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Dodged

Dodge \Dodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dodged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dodging.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.]

  1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
    --Milton.

  2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.

    Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity.
    --Milton.

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dodged

vb. (en-past of: dodge)

Usage examples of "dodged".

The demodand was faster than the dwarf had expected, though, and it easily dodged the blow, countering with a clubbing blow of its arm that sent Bruenor skidding on his face farther down the bridge.

Drizzt dodged out of the mirror's path, well aware of some of the strange magical properties these items had been known to exhibit, and moved in to examine it more closely.

Cat-sized cows and sheep mulled about, while chickens the size of field mice dodged around the animals' tiny feet.

Entreri smirked, knowing that he had once again dodged certain death.

It snapped the wounded hand out at Drizzt, and as he reflexively dodged it, the demodand sent its second hand out to finish the task of the first, cutting a triple line of gashes down the sprawled dwarf's shoulder.

The creature, agile and experienced, dodged the initial assault, but it could not stay the enraged drow.

Entreri easily backed and dodged his awkward, too far-ahead thrust, then stepped in quickly, before the man could retract and ready the blade.

He dodged and parried with his own dagger, hardly picking anything off cleanly, but deflecting the missiles so that they did not, at least, catch him squarely.

The elf parried and backed, dodged easily and twirled aside, letting Tunevec's furious charge go right past.

Gelroos dodged it, but the conjured blade exploded, pepĀ­pering its target with frozen shards.

Swords flashed at him, and somehow, even off-balance, he dodged them, but in so doing, fell on his rump.

Halisstra simply dodged aside and hammered down at his extended left arm with her mace, strikĀ­ing a heavy blow that cracked bone and jarred the blade from his injured hand.

The other children dodged away from the Hrruban female, who finally caught Alec up against the pillar supporting Hrrestan's porch.

She whipped out of the grav shaft on the ground level and dodged through the throng in the Main Hall.

Lunzie dodged past them and physically pushed open the door to the infirmary.