Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dodge \Dodge\, n.
   The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden
   starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or
   cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice. [Colloq.]

         Some, who have a taste for good living, have many
         harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and
         innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an
         excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the
         appearance of the last dictionaries.     -- Thackeray.

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.

Dodge \Dodge\, v. t.
   1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting
      aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.

   2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge
      responsibility. [Colloq.] --S. G. Goodrich.

   3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to
      place. --Coleridge.

Source : WordNet®

dodge
     n 1: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or
          evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us
          off the track" [syn: {contrivance}, {stratagem}]
     2: a quick evasive movement
     3: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
        trickery [syn: {dodging}, {scheme}]

dodge
     v 1: make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid;
          "The child dodged the teacher's blow"
     2: move to and fro or from place to place usually in an
        irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the
        crowd"
     3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
        (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue";
        "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their
        responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
        [syn: {hedge}, {fudge}, {evade}, {put off}, {circumvent},
        {parry}, {elude}, {skirt}, {duck}, {sidestep}]