Meanings
dodger1
noundodger (countable and uncountable, plural dodgers)
plural dodgers
- countableSomeone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
- countableA person full of tricks or street smarts.
- countablenauticalA frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.
Synonyms: sprayhood
- AustraliacountableslangAn advertising leaflet; a flyer.
- AustraliaUSdatedslanguncountableBread.
Dodger2
nounDodger (plural Dodgers)
plural Dodgers
- A member of the Dodgers US professional baseball team, either before or after they moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.
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nounsmall oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)
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corn dabcorn dodger
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian хитрец, мошеник
- хитрец (hitrec)one who dodges
- мошеник (mošenik)one who dodges
- корабна тента (korabna tenta)nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat
Czech podfukář
- podfukářperson full of tricks or street smarts
Dutch buiskap
- buiskapnautical: companionway cover in a sailboat
Finnish väistäjä, väistelijä
- väistäjäone who dodges
- väistelijäone who dodges
- välttelijäone who dodges
- sprayhoodnautical: companionway cover in a sailboat
- roiskesuojanautical: companionway cover in a sailboat
German Umgeher, Ausweicher
- Umgeherone who dodges
- Ausweicherone who dodges
- Schlawinerperson full of tricks or street smarts
- Drückebergerperson full of tricks or street smarts
- Sprayhoodnautical: companionway cover in a sailboat
Italian imbroglione, evasore fiscale
- imbroglioneone who dodges
- evasore fiscaleone who dodges
- paraspruzzinautical: companionway cover in a sailboat
Māori wae māminga
- wae māmingaone who dodges
Russian ловкач
- ловкач (lovkač)person full of tricks or street smarts
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
dodger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodger
MLA
“dodger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodger. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dodger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodger.
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