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dodger

/ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
dodger
IPA
/ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).

Countable

noun

A person full of tricks or street smarts.

Countable

noun

A 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.

Countable

noun

An advertising leaflet; a flyer.

Australian usage; Countable; Slang

noun

Bread.

Australian usage; American usage; Dated; Slang; Uncountable

noun

A member of the Dodgers US professional baseball team, either before or after they moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.

Etymology

Etymology tree English dodge Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dodger From dodge + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ/
  • British English: /ˈdɒd͡ʒ.ə(ɹ)/

Usage

Inflected Forms

dodgers (plural)

Derived Forms

superdodger

Phrases

artful dodger bath dodger coffin dodger corn-dodger devil dodger draft dodger fare dodger fare-dodger

Synonyms

sprayhood corn dab corn dodger fox slyboots

Rhymes With

roger rodger lodger codger bodger todger sodger

Questions

How do you pronounce dodger?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ/.
What does dodger mean?
Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
Where does dodger come from?
Etymology tree English dodge Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dodger From dodge + -er.

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