dodgyadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɒdʒi/, U.S.

/ˈdɑdʒi/

Etymology: < dodge n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

Full of or addicted to dodges; evasive, tricky, artful. Also (colloquial) of things: difficult, awkward, tricky.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective]

warec888

craftyOE

hinderyeapc1000

yepec1000

foxc1175

slya1200

hinderc1200

quaint?c1225

wrenchfulc1225

wiltfula1250

wilyc1330

subtle1340

cautelous138.

sleightful1380

subtile1387

enginousa1393

wilfula1400

wilyc1407

sleighty1412

serpentinec1422

ginnousa1425

wittya1425

semyc1440

artificial?a1475

sleight1495

slapea1500

shrewdc1525

craftly1526

foxy1528

gleering?1533

foxish1535

insidious1545

vafrous1548

wily beguile1550

wilely1556

fine1559

todly1571

practic1585

subdolous1588

captious1590

witryff1598

cautel1606

cunninga1616

versute1616

shiftfula1618

artificious1624

insidiary1625

canny1628

lapwing-like1638

pawky?a1640

tricksome1648

callid1656

versutious1660

artful1663

slim1674

dexterous1701

trickish1705

supple1710

slid1719

vulpinary1721

tricksy1766

trickful1775

sneck-drawing1786

tricky1786

louche1819

sneck-drawn1820

slyish1828

vulpine1830

kokum1839

spidery1843

dodgy1861

ladino1863

carney1881

slinky1951

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective]

ficklea1000

hinderyeapc1000

swikelc1000

as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's hornOE

fakenOE

swikefulc1100

frakelc1175

swikec1175

wrenchfulc1225

wielfulc1275

ginfulc1300

guileful13..

treacherousc1330

guilesomea1382

guilousc1384

enginousa1393

deceivant1393

treacherc1400

serpentinec1422

deceivousa1425

guilyc1430

beguilous1483

slapea1500

fallacious1509

treget1519

gaudya1529

beguileful1530

Spanish1530

juggling?1531

snakish1532

prestigious?1534

knack-hardy1549

pratting1570

fogging1585

snakya1586

abusive1595

faithless1597

faiterous1600

guiled1600

trompant1605

amusing1609

braida1616

dodging1625

Ulyssean1639

tricksome1648

knackish1660

hocus-pocus1668

bubbling1675

rusé1689

tricking1697

trickish1705

lurching1728

tricksy1766

trickful1775

tricky1786

slippy1828

shirky1847

dodgy1861

sidewinding1902

slithery1902

hyping1968

deceiteous-

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective]

arvethc885

uneathOE

arvethlichc1000

evilc1175

hardc1175

deara1225

derfa1225

illc1330

wickeda1375

uneasy1398

difficul?a1450

difficile?1473

difficulta1527

unready1535

craggy1582

spiny1604

tough1619

uphill1622

shrewda1626

spinousa1638

scabrous1646

spinose1660

rugged1663

cranka1745

tight1764

thraward1818

nasty1828

upstream1847

awkward1860

pricklyc1862

bristling1871

sticky1871

rocky1873

dodgy1898

challengeful1927

solid1943

ball-busting1944

challenging1975

1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 237 Beggars divide themselves in several classes:—the humourous, the poetical, the sentimental, the dodgey, and the sneaking.

1896 Daily News 16 Oct. 6/3 The pious purpose perhaps justified the dodgy means.

1898 G. B. Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession i Take care of your fingers: theyre rather dodgy things, those chairs.

1916 D. H. Lawrence Let. 13 Jan. (1948) 67 The roads are too dodgy to be grasped.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Aug. p. xii/2 Docketing and definition are dodgy businesses.

1960 H. Pinter Room 108 It'd be a bit dodgy driving tonight.

Derivatives

ˈdodgily adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb]

foxlyc1175

craftilyc1225

craftlyc1225

slylyc1275

fellyc1300

quaintc1300

quaintlyc1325

sleightlyc1330

subtly1340

sly1370

espyinglya1382

wisely1390

wililya1400

wilyc1400

subtilelyc1405

ginnouslya1425

semylyc1440

serpentlya1450

small?c1450

cautelously1477

politicly1477

sleightfullyc1480

artificiously1536

insidiously1545

sleightily1549

artificially1566

cunningly1603

versutely1616

artfully1631

subdolously1638

serpentinely1656

slimlya1680

pawkily1714

politically1764

trickfullyc1790

trickishly1824

leerily1859

dodgily1868

trickily1895

foxily1933

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adverb]

fakenlyOE

swikellya1023

ficklya1300

treacherouslya1340

guilinglya1382

sophisticallya1382

deceivably1387

guilefully1388

treacherlyc1394

deceivingly14..

guilouslyc1425

deceiteously1481

deceitfully1488

swikefullya1500

patchingly1570

faithlessly1581

abusively1595

dodgingly1599

fallaciously1612

deludingly1641

jugglingly1647

trickfullyc1790

hocus-pocusly1791

deceptiously1797

hocus-pocus1815

trickishly1824

deceptively1825

trickingly1833

dodgily1868

trickily1895

snakishly1935

1868 F. J. Furnivall in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 323 (margin) A towel folded dodgily.

ˈdodginess n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun]

swikec893

swikedomc893

dwalec950

braida1000

falsec1000

flerdc1000

swikelnessa1023

fakenOE

chuffingc1175

fikenungc1175

bipechingc1200

treachery?c1225

falseshipc1230

guilec1230

telingc1230

swikeheada1250

craftc1275

felony1297

wrench1297

deceitc1300

gabc1300

guiling13..

guilery1303

quaintisec1325

wrenk1338

beswiking1340

falsehood1340

abetc1350

wissing1357

wilec1374

faitery1377

faiting1377

tregetryc1380

fallacec1384

trainc1390

coverture1393

facrere1393

ficklenessc1397

falsagea1400

tregeta1400

abusionc1405

blearingc1405

deceptionc1430

mean?c1430

tricotc1430

obreption1465

fallacy1481

japery1496

gauderya1529

fallax1530

conveyance1531

legerdemain1532

dole1538

trompe1547

joukery1562

convoyance1578

forgery1582

abetment1586

outreaching1587

chicanery1589

falsery1594

falsity1603

fubbery1604

renaldry1612

supercherie1621

circumduction1623

fobbinga1627

dice-play1633

beguile1637

fallaxitya1641

ingannation1646

hocus1652

renardism1661

dodgerya1670

knapping1671

trap1681

joukery-pawkery1686

jugglery1699

take-in1772

tripotage1779

trickery1801

ruse1807

dupery1816

nailing1819

pawkery1820

hanky-panky1841

hokey-pokey1847

suck-in1856

phenakisma1863

skulduggery1867

sharp practice1869

dodginess1871

jiggery-pokery1893

flim-flammery1898

runaround1915

hanky1924

to give the go-around1925

Scandiknavery1927

the twist1933

hype1955

mamaguy1971

1871 Daily News 22 Sept. ‘Dan Lysons’ and his dodginess are on everybody's lips.

Draft additions December 2005

British colloquial. Of poor quality, unreliable; questionable, dubious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] > of inferior quality

good-bad1852

dodgy1961

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective]

unsicker?c1225

uncertaina1382

unsadc1384

untristya1387

untrustya1387

unsurec1412

falliblec1425

slipperc1430

ficklea1450

frivol1488

slidder?a1500

casuala1535

slippery1548

slippy1548

failable1561

doubtful1562

lubricious1584

slope1587

queasy1589

unconfirmedc1592

nice1598

catching1603

loose1603

precary1606

ambiguous1612

treacherous1612

unsafe1615

unsureda1616

precarious1626

lubric1631

dubious1635

lubricous1646

unestablished1646

unfixed1654

unsecure?a1685

unreliable1810

unproven1836

untrustworthy1846

shady1848

wobbly1877

Kaffir1899

independable1921

dodgy1961

temperamental1962

1961 Times 12 Dec. 6/4 Mr. Sofer added that the defence to the action was that Mr. Overall was guilty of contributory negligence in driving the car when he knew it was ‘dodgy’.

1966 N. Coward Diary 22 May (2000) 630 She is very effective and improving, but her English is a bit dodgy and her acting a little too gesticulative.

1987 Bicycle Action Aug. 39/3 If the water is dodgy you can take sterilizing tablets but they take time to work and they don't kill everything.

2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 3 Feb. 48/2 The dossier had been compiled in a strange way and contained many dodgy allegations.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dodgy
释义	dodgyadj. Brit. /ˈdɒdʒi/, U.S. /ˈdɑdʒi/ Etymology: < dodge n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Full of or addicted to dodges; evasive, tricky, artful. Also (colloquial) of things: difficult, awkward, tricky. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] warec888 craftyOE hinderyeapc1000 yepec1000 foxc1175 slya1200 hinderc1200 quaint?c1225 wrenchfulc1225 wiltfula1250 wilyc1330 subtle1340 cautelous138. sleightful1380 subtile1387 enginousa1393 wilfula1400 wilyc1407 sleighty1412 serpentinec1422 ginnousa1425 wittya1425 semyc1440 artificial?a1475 sleight1495 slapea1500 shrewdc1525 craftly1526 foxy1528 gleering?1533 foxish1535 insidious1545 vafrous1548 wily beguile1550 wilely1556 fine1559 todly1571 practic1585 subdolous1588 captious1590 witryff1598 cautel1606 cunninga1616 versute1616 shiftfula1618 artificious1624 insidiary1625 canny1628 lapwing-like1638 pawky?a1640 tricksome1648 callid1656 versutious1660 artful1663 slim1674 dexterous1701 trickish1705 supple1710 slid1719 vulpinary1721 tricksy1766 trickful1775 sneck-drawing1786 tricky1786 louche1819 sneck-drawn1820 slyish1828 vulpine1830 kokum1839 spidery1843 dodgy1861 ladino1863 carney1881 slinky1951 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] ficklea1000 hinderyeapc1000 swikelc1000 as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's hornOE fakenOE swikefulc1100 frakelc1175 swikec1175 wrenchfulc1225 wielfulc1275 ginfulc1300 guileful13.. treacherousc1330 guilesomea1382 guilousc1384 enginousa1393 deceivant1393 treacherc1400 serpentinec1422 deceivousa1425 guilyc1430 beguilous1483 slapea1500 fallacious1509 treget1519 gaudya1529 beguileful1530 Spanish1530 juggling?1531 snakish1532 prestigious?1534 knack-hardy1549 pratting1570 fogging1585 snakya1586 abusive1595 faithless1597 faiterous1600 guiled1600 trompant1605 amusing1609 braida1616 dodging1625 Ulyssean1639 tricksome1648 knackish1660 hocus-pocus1668 bubbling1675 rusé1689 tricking1697 trickish1705 lurching1728 tricksy1766 trickful1775 tricky1786 slippy1828 shirky1847 dodgy1861 sidewinding1902 slithery1902 hyping1968 deceiteous- the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] arvethc885 uneathOE arvethlichc1000 evilc1175 hardc1175 deara1225 derfa1225 illc1330 wickeda1375 uneasy1398 difficul?a1450 difficile?1473 difficulta1527 unready1535 craggy1582 spiny1604 tough1619 uphill1622 shrewda1626 spinousa1638 scabrous1646 spinose1660 rugged1663 cranka1745 tight1764 thraward1818 nasty1828 upstream1847 awkward1860 pricklyc1862 bristling1871 sticky1871 rocky1873 dodgy1898 challengeful1927 solid1943 ball-busting1944 challenging1975 1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 237 Beggars divide themselves in several classes:—the humourous, the poetical, the sentimental, the dodgey, and the sneaking. 1896 Daily News 16 Oct. 6/3 The pious purpose perhaps justified the dodgy means. 1898 G. B. Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession i Take care of your fingers: theyre rather dodgy things, those chairs. 1916 D. H. Lawrence Let. 13 Jan. (1948) 67 The roads are too dodgy to be grasped. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Aug. p. xii/2 Docketing and definition are dodgy businesses. 1960 H. Pinter Room 108 It'd be a bit dodgy driving tonight. Derivatives ˈdodgily adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb] foxlyc1175 craftilyc1225 craftlyc1225 slylyc1275 fellyc1300 quaintc1300 quaintlyc1325 sleightlyc1330 subtly1340 sly1370 espyinglya1382 wisely1390 wililya1400 wilyc1400 subtilelyc1405 ginnouslya1425 semylyc1440 serpentlya1450 small?c1450 cautelously1477 politicly1477 sleightfullyc1480 artificiously1536 insidiously1545 sleightily1549 artificially1566 cunningly1603 versutely1616 artfully1631 subdolously1638 serpentinely1656 slimlya1680 pawkily1714 politically1764 trickfullyc1790 trickishly1824 leerily1859 dodgily1868 trickily1895 foxily1933 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adverb] fakenlyOE swikellya1023 ficklya1300 treacherouslya1340 guilinglya1382 sophisticallya1382 deceivably1387 guilefully1388 treacherlyc1394 deceivingly14.. guilouslyc1425 deceiteously1481 deceitfully1488 swikefullya1500 patchingly1570 faithlessly1581 abusively1595 dodgingly1599 fallaciously1612 deludingly1641 jugglingly1647 trickfullyc1790 hocus-pocusly1791 deceptiously1797 hocus-pocus1815 trickishly1824 deceptively1825 trickingly1833 dodgily1868 trickily1895 snakishly1935 1868 F. J. Furnivall in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 323 (margin) A towel folded dodgily. ˈdodginess n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] swikec893 swikedomc893 dwalec950 braida1000 falsec1000 flerdc1000 swikelnessa1023 fakenOE chuffingc1175 fikenungc1175 bipechingc1200 treachery?c1225 falseshipc1230 guilec1230 telingc1230 swikeheada1250 craftc1275 felony1297 wrench1297 deceitc1300 gabc1300 guiling13.. guilery1303 quaintisec1325 wrenk1338 beswiking1340 falsehood1340 abetc1350 wissing1357 wilec1374 faitery1377 faiting1377 tregetryc1380 fallacec1384 trainc1390 coverture1393 facrere1393 ficklenessc1397 falsagea1400 tregeta1400 abusionc1405 blearingc1405 deceptionc1430 mean?c1430 tricotc1430 obreption1465 fallacy1481 japery1496 gauderya1529 fallax1530 conveyance1531 legerdemain1532 dole1538 trompe1547 joukery1562 convoyance1578 forgery1582 abetment1586 outreaching1587 chicanery1589 falsery1594 falsity1603 fubbery1604 renaldry1612 supercherie1621 circumduction1623 fobbinga1627 dice-play1633 beguile1637 fallaxitya1641 ingannation1646 hocus1652 renardism1661 dodgerya1670 knapping1671 trap1681 joukery-pawkery1686 jugglery1699 take-in1772 tripotage1779 trickery1801 ruse1807 dupery1816 nailing1819 pawkery1820 hanky-panky1841 hokey-pokey1847 suck-in1856 phenakisma1863 skulduggery1867 sharp practice1869 dodginess1871 jiggery-pokery1893 flim-flammery1898 runaround1915 hanky1924 to give the go-around1925 Scandiknavery1927 the twist1933 hype1955 mamaguy1971 1871 Daily News 22 Sept. ‘Dan Lysons’ and his dodginess are on everybody's lips. Draft additions December 2005 British colloquial. Of poor quality, unreliable; questionable, dubious. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] > of inferior quality good-bad1852 dodgy1961 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] unsicker?c1225 uncertaina1382 unsadc1384 untristya1387 untrustya1387 unsurec1412 falliblec1425 slipperc1430 ficklea1450 frivol1488 slidder?a1500 casuala1535 slippery1548 slippy1548 failable1561 doubtful1562 lubricious1584 slope1587 queasy1589 unconfirmedc1592 nice1598 catching1603 loose1603 precary1606 ambiguous1612 treacherous1612 unsafe1615 unsureda1616 precarious1626 lubric1631 dubious1635 lubricous1646 unestablished1646 unfixed1654 unsecure?a1685 unreliable1810 unproven1836 untrustworthy1846 shady1848 wobbly1877 Kaffir1899 independable1921 dodgy1961 temperamental1962 1961 Times 12 Dec. 6/4 Mr. Sofer added that the defence to the action was that Mr. Overall was guilty of contributory negligence in driving the car when he knew it was ‘dodgy’. 1966 N. Coward Diary 22 May (2000) 630 She is very effective and improving, but her English is a bit dodgy and her acting a little too gesticulative. 1987 Bicycle Action Aug. 39/3 If the water is dodgy you can take sterilizing tablets but they take time to work and they don't kill everything. 2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 3 Feb. 48/2 The dossier had been compiled in a strange way and contained many dodgy allegations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1861
随便看	to call off to call off sick to call on to call one's bluff to call one's course to call one's own to call one's shot to call one's soul one's own to call one's way to call one'the bluff to call or take to one's witness to call or take to witness to call out to call out sick to call over to call over the house to etc daylight into to etc daylight through to etc deli to etc doughnuts to etc down a person's throat to etc down to grass to etc downright to etc etc price of to etc etc price upon