dodging

/D AA1 JH IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

    โ€œHe dodged traffic crossing the street.โ€

  2. 2

    To avoid; to sidestep.

    โ€œThe politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.โ€

  3. 3

    To go hither and thither.

  4. 4

    (videography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    To trick somebody.

noun
  1. 1

    The act of dodging; a dodge.

    โ€œtwistings and dodgingsโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dodge, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dodging