dodge /däj/ verb 1. avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement. "we ducked inside our doorway to dodge shrapnel that was raining down" Similar: dart bolt duck dive swerve body-swerve sidestep veer lunge jump leap spring elude evade avoid stay away from steer clear of escape run away from break away from lose leave behind shake shake off fend off keep at arm's length give someone a wide berth keep one's distance from deceive trick cheat end-run ditch give someone the slip 2. PHOTOGRAPHY expose (one area of a print) less than the rest during processing or enlarging. "he dodged and burned the photograph to get the exact exposure levels he was after" noun a sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.