dodger meaning: definition, etymology

dodger

nounalso spelled Dodger

UK /ˈdɒd͡ʒ.ə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ/

Etymology From dodge + -er.

Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).

A person full of tricks or street smarts.

Nautical, Transport 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.

Australia, Slang An advertising leaflet; a flyer.

Australia, US, Dated, Slang Bread.

Synonyms: sprayhood
Derived terms: artful dodger, bath dodger, coffin dodger, corn-dodger, devil dodger, draft dodger, fare dodger, fare-dodger, jammy dodger, oven dodger, salad-dodger, salad dodger, soap-dodger, soap dodger, superdodger, tax dodger, todger dodger

Dodger

noun

US /ˈdɑd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

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