dodger

See also: Dodger

English

Etymology

dodge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɒdʒə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ)

Noun

dodger (plural dodgers)

Dodger on a small sailing boat

1. Someone who dodges.
2. (nautical) 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.
3. (Australia, slang) An advertising leaflet; a flyer.
4. (Australia, US, slang, dated) bread.

Synonyms

• (companionway cover): sprayhood

Derived terms

Derived terms

• artful dodger
• coffin dodger
• draft dodger

• salad dodger
• tax dodger

Translations

one who dodges

• Finnish: väistäjä, väistelijä, välttelijä
• German: Umgeher m, Ausweicher m
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• Italian: imbroglione (it) m, evasore fiscale m

nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat

• Dutch: buiskap (nl)
• Finnish: sprayhood, roiskesuoja
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• German: Sprayhood n
• Italian: paraspruzzi m

Anagrams

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