Dodger — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a shifty deceptive person

small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛdɪɾɚɹ/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɒdʒə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɒdʒə/

2 syllables Say it as /ˈɛdɪɾɚɹ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fox slyboots corn dab corn dodger

Word Forms

dodge	verb	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
foxy	adjective	marked by skill in deception
fox	verb	deceive somebody

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schwindler

eine zwielichtige, betrügerische Person

🇫🇷French

esquive

une personne sournoise et trompeuse

🇪🇸Spanish

gandul

una persona astuta y engañosa

🇮🇹Italian

schivatore

una persona sfuggente e ingannevole

🇳🇱Dutch

ontduiker

een sluwe, bedrieglijke persoon

🇵🇹Portuguese

trapaceiro

uma pessoa astuta e enganadora

🇷🇺Russian

уклонист

хитрый, обманчивый человек

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चालबाज़

एक धूर्त धोखेबाज़ व्यक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

ডজার

একটি নড়বড়ে প্রতারক ব্যক্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

ஏமாற்றுக்காரன்

ஒரு மாறி ஏமாற்றும் நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

మోసగాడు

మోసపూరితమైన వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

डोजर

एक लबाडीचा फसवा माणूस

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફરેબી માણસ

એક કપટી ભ્રામક વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವವನು

ಮೋಸಗೊಳಿಸುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഡോഡ്ജർ

വഞ്ചനാപരമായ ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡੋਜ਼ਰ

ਇੱਕ ਧੋਖੇਬਾਜ਼ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

ڈوجر

ایک دھوکہ باز شخص

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

孱

狡猾的骗人的人

🇯🇵Japanese

回避者

ずる賢い欺瞞的な人

🇰🇷Korean

딱딱한 옥수수 가루 빵

교활한 사기꾼

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tinh ranh

một kẻ lừa dối xảo quyệt

🇹🇭Thai

หลบ

คนเจ้าเล่ห์หลอกลวง

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengelak

orang yang licik dan penipu

🇲🇾Malay

pengelak

seorang yang licik menipu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المراوغ

شخص ماكر ومخادع

🇮🇷Persian

طفره زن

یک فرد فریبنده متحرک

🇹🇷Turkish

kaçan

kurnaz, aldatıcı bir insan

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִשׁתַמֵט

אדם מתעתע משתנה

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