nnoun.cognitionan elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evadeSynset:contrivance stratagem
Examples:- his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
Derivationally Related Form:dodgy
Hypernyms:scheme strategy
Inherited Hypernyms:contrivanceschemeplan of actionplanideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:plantpump-and-dump schemewanglewangling
Full Hyponyms:plantpump-and-dump schemewangle
nnoun.acta quick evasive movementDerivationally Related Form:dodge
Hypernyms:evasion
Inherited Hypernyms:dodgeevasionescaperunning awayacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickerySynset:dodging scheme
Derivationally Related Form:dodge
Hypernyms:falsehood falsity untruth
Inherited Hypernyms:dodgefalsehoodstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.motionmake a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoidExamples:- The child dodged the teacher's blow
Derivationally Related Form:dodge
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:dodgemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.motionmove to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular courseExamples:- the pickpocket dodged through the crowd
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:dodgemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.communicationavoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)Synset:circumvent duck elude evade fudge hedge parry put off sidestep skirt
Examples:- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
Derivationally Related Form:hedgerdodgingcircumventionhedgedodgehedgingdodgerevasion
Hypernyms:avoid
Inherited Hypernyms:hedgeavoid
Direct Hyponyms:begquibble
Full Troponyms:begquibble
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something